All About Color Barley Corn

#A68B5B

Barley Corn is a warm, golden brown, like the golden fields of ripe barley. It's a comforting and earthy color, evoking a sense of harvest and abundance.

About Barley Corn

Barley Corn is a medium orange color with the hex code #A68B5B. In RGB it is red 166, green 139, blue 91; in HSL it is hue 38°, saturation 30%, lightness 50%; in CMYK it is 0%, 16%, 45%, 35%. Its contrast ratio is 3.25:1 on white and 6.47:1 on black.

#A68B5B Color Conversion

Hex tripletA6, 8B, 5B
CMYK0.00%, 16.27%, 45.18%, 34.90%
RGB Decimal166, 139, 91
HSL38°, 30%, 50%
RGB Octal246, 213, 133
HSV (HSB)38.40°, 45.18%, 65.10%
RGB Binary10100110, 10001011, 1011011
CIE-L*AB59.28, 3.59, 29.43
RGB Percent65.10%, 54.51%, 35.69%
CIE-L*CH59.28, 29.65, 83.04
XYZ26.85, 27.33, 13.76
CIE-L*UV59.28, 20.66, 35.59
xyY0.40, 0.40, 27.33
Hunter-Lab52.28, 0.19, 20.99
RYB52.23%, 65.10%, 35.69%

Color Accessibility Scores

#A68B5B on a dark background: contrast 6.47:1, passes WCAG AA.
#A68B5B on a light background: contrast 3.25:1, passes WCAG AA for large text only.

Color Shades

Tints and shades of Barley Corn, from lightest to darkest. Each swatch links to its own color page.

Related Palettes

Harmonious five-color palettes built around Barley Corn. Open any of them in the Muzli palette generator.

Complementary palette

#A68B5B · #C6B495 · #6A5839 · #5975A6 · #95A7C6

Analogous palette

#A65975 · #A66359 · #A68B5B · #9CA659 · #75A659

Triadic palette

#A68B5B · #59A68A · #8A59A6 · #C6B495 · #95C6B4

Tetradic palette

#A68B5B · #59A663 · #5975A6 · #A6599C · #6A5839

Monochromatic palette

#423724 · #74603E · #A68B5B · #C1AD8B · #DBD0BD

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