#A88D38#A88D38

#A88D38 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.108 H 91.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A88D38
RGB	rgb(168, 141, 56)
HSL	hsl(46, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(46, 67%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.1%, 66.7%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.58, 0.40, 47.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.58, 47.64, 89.52°)
OKLab	oklab(65.18% -0.0026 0.1081)
OKLCH	oklch(65.18% 0.108 91.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.3885, 27.6616, 7.6899)
Luminance	0.2766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A88D38 #3853A8

analogous

#A85538 #A88D38 #8BA838

triadic

#A88D38 #38A88D #8D38A8

tetradic

#A88D38 #38A855 #3853A8 #A8388B

square

#A88D38 #38A855 #3853A8 #A8388B

split-complementary

#A88D38 #388BA8 #5538A8

monochromatic

#4C4019 #7A6629 #A88D38 #C7AC56 #D6C284

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#A88D38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#A88D38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A88D38

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A88D38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A88D38	1.00	3.21	6.53	6.53
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8B2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3933C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5827B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a88d38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 141, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.108 91.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5ae73',
    500: '#a88d38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a88d38;
$custom-light: #c5ae73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a88d38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.536,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65179,
    "c": 0.10814,
    "h": 91.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A88D38

secondary

#7C8CC0

accent

#70DA4E

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A88D38

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

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