#A88C23#A88C23

#A88C23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.121 H 93.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A88C23
RGB	rgb(168, 140, 35)
HSL	hsl(47, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(47, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 79.2%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.16, -0.10, 55.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.16, 55.75, 90.11°)
OKLab	oklab(64.8% -0.0065 0.1213)
OKLCH	oklch(64.8% 0.121 93.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.8314, 27.2039, 5.4801)
Luminance	0.2720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A88C23 #233FA8

analogous

#A84923 #A88C23 #82A823

triadic

#A88C23 #23A88C #8C23A8

tetradic

#A88C23 #23A849 #233FA8 #A82382

square

#A88C23 #23A849 #233FA8 #A82382

split-complementary

#A88C23 #2382A8 #4923A8

monochromatic

#43380E #756218 #A88C23 #D5B334 #DFC666

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#A88C23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#A88C23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A88C23

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A88C23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A88C23	1.00	3.26	6.44	6.44
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8A0C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3922A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B68078

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a88c23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 140, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.121 93.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ad67',
    500: '#a88c23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a88c23;
$custom-light: #c6ad67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a88c23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.368,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.648,
    "c": 0.12146,
    "h": 93.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A88C23

secondary

#6277C5

accent

#63E83F

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#141006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A88C23

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

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