#A88B23#A88B23

#A88B23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.121 H 92.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A88B23
RGB	rgb(168, 139, 35)
HSL	hsl(47, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(47, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.3%, 79.2%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.89, 0.44, 55.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.89, 55.50, 89.54°)
OKLab	oklab(64.59% -0.0049 0.1208)
OKLCH	oklch(64.59% 0.121 92.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.6859, 26.9130, 5.4316)
Luminance	0.2691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A88B23 #2340A8

analogous

#A84823 #A88B23 #83A823

triadic

#A88B23 #23A88B #8B23A8

tetradic

#A88B23 #23A848 #2340A8 #A82383

square

#A88B23 #23A848 #2340A8 #A82383

split-complementary

#A88B23 #2383A8 #4823A8

monochromatic

#43370E #756118 #A88B23 #D5B234 #DFC566

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#A88B23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.38

#A88B23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A88B23

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A88B23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A88B23	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)

#9B890C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2912A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B67F77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a88b23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 139, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.121 92.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ac67',
    500: '#a88b23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a88b23;
$custom-light: #c6ac67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a88b23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.917,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64587,
    "c": 0.12086,
    "h": 92.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A88B23

secondary

#6278C5

accent

#64E83F

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#141006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A88B23

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

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