#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
RGB	rgb(168, 140, 56)
HSL	hsl(45, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(45, 67%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 66.7%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.31, 0.95, 47.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.31, 47.37, 88.85°)
OKLab	oklab(64.97% -0.001 0.1075)
OKLCH	oklch(64.97% 0.108 90.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.2417, 27.3680, 7.6410)
Luminance	0.2737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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
##A88C38	1.00	3.24	6.47	6.47
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #A88C38

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

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