#A88A23#A88A23

#A88A23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.120 H 91.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A88A23
RGB	rgb(168, 138, 35)
HSL	hsl(46, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(46, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.9%, 79.2%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.63, 1.00, 55.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.63, 55.27, 88.97°)
OKLab	oklab(64.38% -0.0033 0.1202)
OKLCH	oklch(64.38% 0.12 91.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.5418, 26.6247, 5.3836)
Luminance	0.2662 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A88A23 #2341A8

analogous

#A84723 #A88A23 #84A823

triadic

#A88A23 #23A88A #8A23A8

tetradic

#A88A23 #23A847 #2341A8 #A82384

square

#A88A23 #23A847 #2341A8 #A82384

split-complementary

#A88A23 #2384A8 #4723A8

monochromatic

#43370E #756018 #A88A23 #D5B034 #DFC466

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#A88A23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.32

#A88A23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A88A23

6.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A88A23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A88A23	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)

#9A880D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19129

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B67E76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a88a23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 138, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.120 91.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ab67',
    500: '#a88a23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a88a23;
$custom-light: #c6ab67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a88a23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.466,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64376,
    "c": 0.12029,
    "h": 91.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A88A23

secondary

#6278C5

accent

#65E83F

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#141006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A88A23

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

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