#A88E23#A88E23

#A88E23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.123 H 94.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A88E23
RGB	rgb(168, 142, 35)
HSL	hsl(48, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(48, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 79.2%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.70, -1.20, 56.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.70, 56.25, 91.22°)
OKLab	oklab(65.23% -0.0096 0.1223)
OKLCH	oklch(65.23% 0.123 94.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.1263, 27.7937, 5.5784)
Luminance	0.2779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A88E23 #233DA8

analogous

#A84C23 #A88E23 #7FA823

triadic

#A88E23 #23A88E #8E23A8

tetradic

#A88E23 #23A84C #233DA8 #A8237F

square

#A88E23 #23A84C #233DA8 #A8237F

split-complementary

#A88E23 #237FA8 #4C23A8

monochromatic

#43380E #756318 #A88E23 #D5B534 #DFC866

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#A88E23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.56

#A88E23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A88E23

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A88E23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A88E23	1.00	3.20	6.56	6.56
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8B0A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4932A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6827A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a88e23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 142, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.123 94.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ae67',
    500: '#a88e23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a88e23;
$custom-light: #c6ae67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a88e23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.271,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65226,
    "c": 0.12272,
    "h": 94.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A88E23

secondary

#6275C5

accent

#60E83F

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#141006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A88E23

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

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