#A88B2A#A88B2A
#A88B2A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.117 H 91.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #A88B2A |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(168, 139, 42) |
| HSL | hsl(46, 60%, 41%) |
| HSV | hsv(46, 75%, 66%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 17.3%, 75%, 34.1%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(58.94, 0.74, 52.95) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(58.94, 52.95, 89.20°) |
| OKLab | oklab(64.63% -0.0033 0.1168) |
| OKLCH | oklch(64.63% 0.117 91.6) |
| XYZ | xyz(25.8004, 26.9588, 6.0347) |
| Luminance | 0.2696 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Dark Mustard
#A88905
ΔE00 2.65
Yellowy Brown
#AE8B0C
ΔE00 2.83
Baby Shit Brown
#AD900D
ΔE00 3.28
Diarrhea
#9F8303
ΔE00 3.65
Baby Poo
#AB9004
ΔE00 3.66
Dark Gold
#B59410
ΔE00 4.41
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#A88B2A #2A47A8
analogous
#A84C2A #A88B2A #86A82A
triadic
#A88B2A #2AA88B #8B2AA8
tetradic
#A88B2A #2AA84C #2A47A8 #A82A86
square
#A88B2A #2AA84C #2A47A8 #A82A86
split-complementary
#A88B2A #2A86A8 #4C2AA8
monochromatic
#463A12 #77621E #A88B2A #CFAE40 #DBC371
Accessibility & contrast
On white
3.29
#A88B2A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗
On black
6.39
#A88B2A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗
Best text color
#000000 on #A88B2A
6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##A88B2A | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##A88B2A | 1.00 | 3.29 | 6.39 | 6.39 |
| #FFFFFF | 3.29 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 6.39 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 6.39 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#9B891A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A2912F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B67F78
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8E8E8E
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #a88b2a; /* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 139, 42); /* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.117 91.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c6ac6a',
500: '#a88b2a',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #a88b2a; $custom-light: #c6ac6a; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#a88b2a",
"rgb": {
"r": 168,
"g": 139,
"b": 42
},
"hsl": {
"h": 46.19,
"s": 60,
"l": 41.176
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.64634,
"c": 0.11682,
"h": 91.6
},
"luminance": 0.26957
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#A88B2A
secondary
#6B7FC3
accent
#69E345
background
#FCFAF6
surface
#F9F4EB
border
#D2CEC6
text
#131007
muted
#827F7A