#A88C2E#A88C2E

#A88C2E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.115 H 91.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A88C2E
RGB	rgb(168, 140, 46)
HSL	hsl(46, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(46, 73%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 72.6%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.23, 0.39, 51.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.23, 51.63, 89.57°)
OKLab	oklab(64.88% -0.0039 0.1148)
OKLCH	oklch(64.88% 0.115 91.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.0211, 27.2798, 6.4792)
Luminance	0.2728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A88C2E #2E4AA8

analogous

#A84F2E #A88C2E #87A82E

triadic

#A88C2E #2EA88C #8C2EA8

tetradic

#A88C2E #2EA84F #2E4AA8 #A82E87

square

#A88C2E #2EA84F #2E4AA8 #A82E87

split-complementary

#A88C2E #2E87A8 #4F2EA8

monochromatic

#483C14 #786421 #A88C2E #CDAE47 #DAC377

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#A88C2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#A88C2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A88C2E

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A88C2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A88C2E	1.00	3.25	6.46	6.46
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8A20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29233

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B68079

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a88c2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 140, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.115 91.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ad6d',
    500: '#a88c2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a88c2e;
$custom-light: #c6ad6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a88c2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.23,
    "s": 57.009,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64877,
    "c": 0.11483,
    "h": 91.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A88C2E

secondary

#7083C2

accent

#6BE048

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A88C2E

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

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