#A88A21#A88A21

#A88A21 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.121 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A88A21
RGB	rgb(168, 138, 33)
HSL	hsl(47, 67%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(47, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.9%, 80.4%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.61, 0.92, 55.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.61, 55.94, 89.06°)
OKLab	oklab(64.36% -0.0037 0.1213)
OKLCH	oklch(64.36% 0.121 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.5129, 26.6132, 5.2316)
Luminance	0.2661 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A88A21 #213FA8

analogous

#A84721 #A88A21 #82A821

triadic

#A88A21 #21A88A #8A21A8

tetradic

#A88A21 #21A847 #213FA8 #A82182

square

#A88A21 #21A847 #213FA8 #A82182

split-complementary

#A88A21 #2182A8 #4721A8

monochromatic

#42360D #756017 #A88A21 #D6B130 #E0C563

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#A88A21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.32

#A88A21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A88A21

6.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A88A21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A88A21	1.00	3.32	6.32	6.32
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8807

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29128

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B67E76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a88a21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 138, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.121 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ab66',
    500: '#a88a21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a88a21;
$custom-light: #c6ab66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a88a21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.667,
    "s": 67.164,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64364,
    "c": 0.12133,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A88A21

secondary

#5F76C5

accent

#64EA3E

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#141006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A88A21

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

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