#A88E28#A88E28

#A88E28 is a light, moderate 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	#A88E28
RGB	rgb(168, 142, 40)
HSL	hsl(48, 62%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(48, 76%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 76.2%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.73, -1.00, 54.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.73, 54.48, 91.05°)
OKLab	oklab(65.26% -0.0085 0.1196)
OKLCH	oklch(65.26% 0.12 94.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.2059, 27.8255, 5.9976)
Luminance	0.2782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A88E28 #2842A8

analogous

#A84E28 #A88E28 #82A828

triadic

#A88E28 #28A88E #8E28A8

tetradic

#A88E28 #28A84E #2842A8 #A82882

square

#A88E28 #28A84E #2842A8 #A82882

split-complementary

#A88E28 #2882A8 #4E28A8

monochromatic

#453A10 #77641C #A88E28 #D1B33D #DCC66E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#A88E28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.56

#A88E28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A88E28

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A88E28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A88E28	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)

#9E8B16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4932E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6827A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a88e28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 142, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.120 94.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ae6a',
    500: '#a88e28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a88e28;
$custom-light: #c6ae6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a88e28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.813,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65258,
    "c": 0.11991,
    "h": 94.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A88E28

secondary

#697BC3

accent

#64E543

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A88E28

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

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