Information about #A88F21 color

#A88F21 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#A88F21 falls into the Yellow Color FamilyHigh Saturation, Neutral brightness. The mix behind it: rgb(168, 143, 33) — 65.9% red, 56.1% green, 12.9% blue; the print equivalent is CMYK 0 / 10 / 53 / 34. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

A strongly colored golden yellow, #A88F21 occupies the middle of the lightness scale. Expect to see shades like this in logos, highlights and anything that needs to be noticed first. In The Official Register of Color Names it is almost identical to Vintage Gold (#A28B23). Slightly further away sit Lucky (#AB9A1C) and University Of California Gold (#B78727).

In RGB terms — rgb(168, 143, 33) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. On this background, black text reaches a 6.6:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AA); white stays at 3.2:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #A88F21 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#A88F21 color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#A88F21 color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #A88F21

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Vintage Gold color link
Vintage Gold

#A28B23

Lucky color link
Lucky

#AB9A1C

Hacienda color link
Hacienda

#9E8022

Sahara color link
Sahara

#B79826

Alibi color link
Alibi

#988422

Frizzell color link
Frizzell

#AD812F

Wazzup color link
Wazzup

#BC9425

Reef Gold color link
Reef Gold

#A98D36

Luxury Gold color link
Luxury Gold

#A48111

Nugget color link
Nugget

#BC9229

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#A88F21
  • RGB168, 143, 33
  • CMYK0, 10, 53, 34
  • CSSrgb(168, 143, 33)
  • HSL49°, 67%, 39%
  • HSL Precise48.889°, 67.164%, 39.412%
  • HSV49°, 80%, 66%
  • HSB49°, 80%, 66%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.659
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.561
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.129
  • GLSLvec3(0.659, 0.561, 0.129)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.659, 0.561, 0.129, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.659, 0.561, 0.129)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB65.9%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB56.1%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB12.9%
  • Color FamilyYellow
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyNeutral
  • HEX IDA88F21
  • DECIMAL ID11046689
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01