#A88C38#A88C38

#A88C38 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.107 H 90.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#A88C38
RGBrgb(168, 140, 56)
HSLhsl(45, 50%, 44%)
HSVhsv(45, 67%, 66%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 16.7%, 66.7%, 34.1%)
CIE-LABlab(59.31, 0.95, 47.36)
CIE-LCHlch(59.31, 47.37, 88.85°)
OKLaboklab(64.97% -0.001 0.1075)
OKLCHoklch(64.97% 0.108 90.5)
XYZxyz(26.2417, 27.3680, 7.6410)
Luminance0.2737 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#A88C38 #3854A8
analogous
#A85438 #A88C38 #8CA838
triadic
#A88C38 #38A88C #8C38A8
tetradic
#A88C38 #38A854 #3854A8 #A8388C
square
#A88C38 #38A854 #3854A8 #A8388C
split-complementary
#A88C38 #388CA8 #5438A8
monochromatic
#4C4019 #7A6629 #A88C38 #C7AB56 #D6C284

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24
#A88C38 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47
#A88C38 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A88C38
6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##A88C38#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##A88C381.003.246.476.47
#FFFFFF3.241.0021.0021.00
#0000006.4721.001.001.00
##0000006.4721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#9B8A2E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A2923C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B5817A
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #a88c38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 140, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.107 90.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5ad73',
    500: '#a88c38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #a88c38;
$custom-light: #c5ad73;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#a88c38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64967,
    "c": 0.1075,
    "h": 90.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#A88C38
secondary
#7C8DC0
accent
#71DA4E
background
#FCFAF7
surface
#F8F4ED
border
#D1CEC8
text
#131008
muted
#827F7B

Preview Lab

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#A88C38 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva