#A88A22#A88A22

#A88A22 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.121 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A88A22
RGB	rgb(168, 138, 34)
HSL	hsl(47, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(47, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.9%, 79.8%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.62, 0.96, 55.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.62, 55.61, 89.01°)
OKLab	oklab(64.37% -0.0035 0.1208)
OKLCH	oklch(64.37% 0.121 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.5272, 26.6189, 5.3065)
Luminance	0.2662 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A88A22 #2240A8

analogous

#A84722 #A88A22 #83A822

triadic

#A88A22 #22A88A #8A22A8

tetradic

#A88A22 #22A847 #2240A8 #A82283

square

#A88A22 #22A847 #2240A8 #A82283

split-complementary

#A88A22 #2283A8 #4722A8

monochromatic

#42360D #756018 #A88A22 #D5B132 #E0C465

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#A88A22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.32

#A88A22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A88A22

6.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A88A22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A88A22	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)

#9A880A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29129

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B67E76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a88a22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 138, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.121 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ab66',
    500: '#a88a22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a88a22;
$custom-light: #c6ab66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a88a22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.567,
    "s": 66.337,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6437,
    "c": 0.12081,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A88A22

secondary

#6177C5

accent

#65E93F

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#141006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A88A22

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

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