#A88822#A88822

#A88822 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.120 H 90.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A88822
RGB	rgb(168, 136, 34)
HSL	hsl(46, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(46, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 79.8%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.08, 2.06, 55.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.08, 55.15, 87.86°)
OKLab	oklab(63.95% -0.0004 0.1197)
OKLCH	oklch(63.95% 0.12 90.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.2429, 26.0503, 5.2117)
Luminance	0.2605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A88822 #2242A8

analogous

#A84522 #A88822 #85A822

triadic

#A88822 #22A888 #8822A8

tetradic

#A88822 #22A845 #2242A8 #A82285

square

#A88822 #22A845 #2242A8 #A82285

split-complementary

#A88822 #2285A8 #4522A8

monochromatic

#42360D #755F18 #A88822 #D5AE32 #E0C265

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#A88822 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.21

#A88822 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A88822

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A88822	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A88822	1.00	3.38	6.21	6.21
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98860B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A08F28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B67C75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a88822;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 136, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.120 90.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6aa66',
    500: '#a88822',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a88822;
$custom-light: #c6aa66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a88822",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.672,
    "s": 66.337,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63947,
    "c": 0.11971,
    "h": 90.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A88822

secondary

#6179C5

accent

#67E93F

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#140F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A88822

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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