#A88E2A#A88E2A
#A88E2A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.119 H 93.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #A88E2A |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(168, 142, 42) |
| HSL | hsl(48, 60%, 41%) |
| HSV | hsv(48, 75%, 66%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 75%, 34.1%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(59.74, -0.91, 53.72) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(59.74, 53.73, 90.97°) |
| OKLab | oklab(65.27% -0.008 0.1184) |
| OKLCH | oklch(65.27% 0.119 93.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(26.2408, 27.8395, 6.1815) |
| Luminance | 0.2784 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Baby Shit Brown
#AD900D
ΔE00 2.68
Baby Poo
#AB9004
ΔE00 2.92
Dark Mustard
#A88905
ΔE00 2.93
Yellowy Brown
#AE8B0C
ΔE00 3.24
Dark Gold
#B59410
ΔE00 3.93
Diarrhea
#9F8303
ΔE00 4.15
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#A88E2A #2A44A8
analogous
#A84F2A #A88E2A #83A82A
triadic
#A88E2A #2AA88E #8E2AA8
tetradic
#A88E2A #2AA84F #2A44A8 #A82A83
square
#A88E2A #2AA84F #2A44A8 #A82A83
split-complementary
#A88E2A #2A83A8 #4F2AA8
monochromatic
#463B12 #77651E #A88E2A #CFB240 #DBC571
Accessibility & contrast
On white
3.20
#A88E2A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗
On black
6.57
#A88E2A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗
Best text color
#000000 on #A88E2A
6.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##A88E2A | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##A88E2A | 1.00 | 3.20 | 6.57 | 6.57 |
| #FFFFFF | 3.20 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 6.57 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 6.57 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#9E8B19
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A49330
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B6827A
Achromatopsia (no color)
#909090
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #a88e2a; /* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 142, 42); /* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.119 93.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c6ae6b',
500: '#a88e2a',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #a88e2a; $custom-light: #c6ae6b; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#a88e2a",
"rgb": {
"r": 168,
"g": 142,
"b": 42
},
"hsl": {
"h": 47.619,
"s": 60,
"l": 41.176
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.65272,
"c": 0.1187,
"h": 93.9
},
"luminance": 0.27838
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#A88E2A
secondary
#6B7DC3
accent
#65E345
background
#FCFAF6
surface
#F9F4EC
border
#D2CEC7
text
#131007
muted
#827F7A