#A88E27#A88E27
#A88E27 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.120 H 94.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #A88E27 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(168, 142, 39) |
| HSL | hsl(48, 62%, 41%) |
| HSV | hsv(48, 77%, 66%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 76.8%, 34.1%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(59.72, -1.04, 54.84) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(59.72, 54.85, 91.09°) |
| OKLab | oklab(65.25% -0.0087 0.1202) |
| OKLCH | oklch(65.25% 0.121 94.1) |
| XYZ | xyz(26.1891, 27.8188, 5.9092) |
| Luminance | 0.2782 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Baby Shit Brown
#AD900D
ΔE00 2.39
Baby Poo
#AB9004
ΔE00 2.61
Dark Mustard
#A88905
ΔE00 2.70
Yellowy Brown
#AE8B0C
ΔE00 3.08
Dark Gold
#B59410
ΔE00 3.75
Diarrhea
#9F8303
ΔE00 4.02
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#A88E27 #2741A8
analogous
#A84D27 #A88E27 #81A827
triadic
#A88E27 #27A88E #8E27A8
tetradic
#A88E27 #27A84D #2741A8 #A82781
square
#A88E27 #27A84D #2741A8 #A82781
split-complementary
#A88E27 #2781A8 #4D27A8
monochromatic
#453A10 #76641B #A88E27 #D1B33B #DDC66C
Accessibility & contrast
On white
3.20
#A88E27 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗
On black
6.56
#A88E27 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗
Best text color
#000000 on #A88E27
6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##A88E27 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##A88E27 | 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)
#9E8B14
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A4932D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B6827A
Achromatopsia (no color)
#909090
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #a88e27; /* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 142, 39); /* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.120 94.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c6ae69',
500: '#a88e27',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #a88e27; $custom-light: #c6ae69; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#a88e27",
"rgb": {
"r": 168,
"g": 142,
"b": 39
},
"hsl": {
"h": 47.907,
"s": 62.319,
"l": 40.588
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.65251,
"c": 0.1205,
"h": 94.1
},
"luminance": 0.27817
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#A88E27
secondary
#677AC3
accent
#63E542
background
#FCFAF6
surface
#F9F4EB
border
#D2CEC6
text
#141007
muted
#827F7A