#A88B22#A88B22

#A88B22 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.121 H 92.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A88B22
RGB	rgb(168, 139, 34)
HSL	hsl(47, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(47, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.3%, 79.8%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.89, 0.41, 55.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.89, 55.85, 89.58°)
OKLab	oklab(64.58% -0.0051 0.1213)
OKLCH	oklch(64.58% 0.121 92.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.6713, 26.9071, 5.3545)
Luminance	0.2691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A88B22 #223FA8

analogous

#A84822 #A88B22 #82A822

triadic

#A88B22 #22A88B #8B22A8

tetradic

#A88B22 #22A848 #223FA8 #A82282

square

#A88B22 #22A848 #223FA8 #A82282

split-complementary

#A88B22 #2282A8 #4822A8

monochromatic

#42370D #756118 #A88B22 #D5B232 #E0C565

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#A88B22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.38

#A88B22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A88B22

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A88B22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A88B22	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)

#9B890A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29129

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B67F77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a88b22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 139, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.121 92.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ac66',
    500: '#a88b22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a88b22;
$custom-light: #c6ac66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a88b22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.015,
    "s": 66.337,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64581,
    "c": 0.12139,
    "h": 92.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A88B22

secondary

#6176C5

accent

#63E93F

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#141006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A88B22

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

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