#A88D27#A88D27
#A88D27 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.120 H 93.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #A88D27 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(168, 141, 39) |
| HSL | hsl(47, 62%, 41%) |
| HSV | hsv(47, 77%, 66%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 16.1%, 76.8%, 34.1%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(59.45, -0.49, 54.58) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(59.45, 54.59, 90.52°) |
| OKLab | oklab(65.04% -0.0072 0.1196) |
| OKLCH | oklch(65.04% 0.12 93.4) |
| XYZ | xyz(26.0410, 27.5226, 5.8598) |
| Luminance | 0.2752 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Dark Mustard
#A88905
ΔE00 2.50
Baby Shit Brown
#AD900D
ΔE00 2.53
Baby Poo
#AB9004
ΔE00 2.80
Yellowy Brown
#AE8B0C
ΔE00 2.86
Diarrhea
#9F8303
ΔE00 3.78
Dark Gold
#B59410
ΔE00 3.85
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#A88D27 #2742A8
analogous
#A84C27 #A88D27 #82A827
triadic
#A88D27 #27A88D #8D27A8
tetradic
#A88D27 #27A84C #2742A8 #A82782
square
#A88D27 #27A84C #2742A8 #A82782
split-complementary
#A88D27 #2782A8 #4C27A8
monochromatic
#453A10 #76631B #A88D27 #D1B23B #DDC56C
Accessibility & contrast
On white
3.23
#A88D27 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗
On black
6.50
#A88D27 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗
Best text color
#000000 on #A88D27
6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##A88D27 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##A88D27 | 1.00 | 3.23 | 6.50 | 6.50 |
| #FFFFFF | 3.23 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 6.50 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 6.50 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#9D8B14
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A3932D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B68179
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8F8F8F
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #a88d27; /* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 141, 39); /* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.120 93.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c6ae69',
500: '#a88d27',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #a88d27; $custom-light: #c6ae69; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#a88d27",
"rgb": {
"r": 168,
"g": 141,
"b": 39
},
"hsl": {
"h": 47.442,
"s": 62.319,
"l": 40.588
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.65038,
"c": 0.11985,
"h": 93.4
},
"luminance": 0.27521
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#A88D27
secondary
#677BC3
accent
#65E542
background
#FCFAF6
surface
#F9F4EB
border
#D2CEC6
text
#141007
muted
#827F7A