#A88E2E#A88E2E

#A88E2E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.116 H 93.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A88E2E
RGB	rgb(168, 142, 46)
HSL	hsl(47, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(47, 73%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 72.6%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.77, -0.71, 52.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.77, 52.17, 90.78°)
OKLab	oklab(65.3% -0.007 0.1159)
OKLCH	oklch(65.3% 0.116 93.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.3160, 27.8696, 6.5775)
Luminance	0.2787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A88E2E #2E48A8

analogous

#A8512E #A88E2E #85A82E

triadic

#A88E2E #2EA88E #8E2EA8

tetradic

#A88E2E #2EA851 #2E48A8 #A82E85

square

#A88E2E #2EA851 #2E48A8 #A82E85

split-complementary

#A88E2E #2E85A8 #512EA8

monochromatic

#483D14 #786521 #A88E2E #CDB047 #DAC577

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#A88E2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.57

#A88E2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A88E2E

6.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A88E2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A88E2E	1.00	3.19	6.57	6.57
#FFFFFF	3.19	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)

#9D8C20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49333

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6837B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a88e2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 142, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.116 93.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ae6d',
    500: '#a88e2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a88e2e;
$custom-light: #c6ae6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a88e2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.213,
    "s": 57.009,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65302,
    "c": 0.11612,
    "h": 93.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A88E2E

secondary

#7082C2

accent

#68E048

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A88E2E

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

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