#A88E2B#A88E2B

#A88E2B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.118 H 93.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A88E2B
RGB	rgb(168, 142, 43)
HSL	hsl(48, 59%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(48, 74%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 74.4%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.75, -0.86, 53.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.75, 53.35, 90.92°)
OKLab	oklab(65.28% -0.0078 0.1178)
OKLCH	oklch(65.28% 0.118 93.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.2589, 27.8468, 6.2769)
Luminance	0.2784 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A88E2B #2B45A8

analogous

#A8502B #A88E2B #84A82B

triadic

#A88E2B #2BA88E #8E2BA8

tetradic

#A88E2B #2BA850 #2B45A8 #A82B84

square

#A88E2B #2BA850 #2B45A8 #A82B84

split-complementary

#A88E2B #2B84A8 #502BA8

monochromatic

#473C12 #77651F #A88E2B #CFB142 #DBC572

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#A88E2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.57

#A88E2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A88E2B

6.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A88E2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A88E2B	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)

#9D8B1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49331

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6827A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a88e2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 142, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.118 93.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ae6b',
    500: '#a88e2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a88e2b;
$custom-light: #c6ae6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a88e2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.52,
    "s": 59.242,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65279,
    "c": 0.11808,
    "h": 93.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A88E2B

secondary

#6C7EC2

accent

#66E245

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A88E2B

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

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