#A88E2C#A88E2C

#A88E2C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.117 H 93.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A88E2C
RGB	rgb(168, 142, 44)
HSL	hsl(47, 58%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(47, 74%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 73.8%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.76, -0.81, 52.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.76, 52.96, 90.88°)
OKLab	oklab(65.29% -0.0075 0.1172)
OKLCH	oklch(65.29% 0.117 93.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.2775, 27.8542, 6.3747)
Luminance	0.2785 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A88E2C #2C46A8

analogous

#A8502C #A88E2C #84A82C

triadic

#A88E2C #2CA88E #8E2CA8

tetradic

#A88E2C #2CA850 #2C46A8 #A82C84

square

#A88E2C #2CA850 #2C46A8 #A82C84

split-complementary

#A88E2C #2C84A8 #502CA8

monochromatic

#473C13 #78651F #A88E2C #CEB143 #DBC574

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#A88E2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.57

#A88E2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A88E2C

6.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A88E2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A88E2C	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)

#9D8B1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49332

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6827B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a88e2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 142, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.117 93.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ae6c',
    500: '#a88e2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a88e2c;
$custom-light: #c6ae6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a88e2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.419,
    "s": 58.491,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65287,
    "c": 0.11743,
    "h": 93.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A88E2C

secondary

#6E7FC2

accent

#67E246

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A88E2C

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

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