Dark Mustard#A88905

#A88905 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.130 H 92.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Dark Mustard — editorial page

Color values

HEX	#A88905
RGB	rgb(168, 137, 5)
HSL	hsl(49, 94%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(49, 97%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 97%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.25, 0.83, 62.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.25, 62.20, 89.24°)
OKLab	oklab(64.05% -0.0059 0.1299)
OKLCH	oklch(64.05% 0.13 92.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.1231, 26.2288, 3.8830)
Luminance	0.2623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A88905 #0524A8

analogous

#A83805 #A88905 #76A805

triadic

#A88905 #05A889 #8905A8

tetradic

#A88905 #05A838 #0524A8 #A80576

square

#A88905 #05A838 #0524A8 #A80576

split-complementary

#A88905 #0576A8 #3805A8

monochromatic

#312801 #6D5903 #A88905 #E3B907 #F9D22F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#A88905 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.25

#A88905 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A88905

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A88905	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A88905	1.00	3.36	6.25	6.25
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19015

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B77C74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a88905;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 137, 5);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.130 92.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7ab5d',
    500: '#a88905',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a88905;
$custom-light: #c7ab5d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a88905",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 5
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.589,
    "s": 94.22,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64049,
    "c": 0.13002,
    "h": 92.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26227
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A88905

secondary

#3452D5

accent

#52FF29

background

#FCFAF5

surface

#F9F4EA

border

#D2CEC6

text

#141005

muted

#827F79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A88905

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

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