#A88B21#A88B21

#A88B21 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.122 H 92.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A88B21
RGB	rgb(168, 139, 33)
HSL	hsl(47, 67%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(47, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.3%, 80.4%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.88, 0.37, 56.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.88, 56.18, 89.62°)
OKLab	oklab(64.58% -0.0053 0.1218)
OKLCH	oklch(64.58% 0.122 92.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.6571, 26.9015, 5.2797)
Luminance	0.2690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A88B21 #213EA8

analogous

#A84821 #A88B21 #82A821

triadic

#A88B21 #21A88B #8B21A8

tetradic

#A88B21 #21A848 #213EA8 #A82182

square

#A88B21 #21A848 #213EA8 #A82182

split-complementary

#A88B21 #2182A8 #4821A8

monochromatic

#42360D #756117 #A88B21 #D6B330 #E0C563

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#A88B21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.38

#A88B21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A88B21

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A88B21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A88B21	1.00	3.29	6.38	6.38
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8907

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29128

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B67F77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a88b21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 139, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.122 92.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ac66',
    500: '#a88b21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a88b21;
$custom-light: #c6ac66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a88b21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.111,
    "s": 67.164,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64576,
    "c": 0.1219,
    "h": 92.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A88B21

secondary

#5F75C5

accent

#63EA3E

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#141006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A88B21

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

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