Dark Mustard #A88905

About this color

#A88905 is a medium-light, moderately saturated yellow. In OKLCH its lightness is 64%, its chroma 0.130 and its hue 93°. Its hue sits on the warm side of the wheel. It is the named color Dark Mustard. Black text reads best on it, at 6.24:1.

Colors that go with Dark Mustard

Matches found by rotating Dark Mustard around the OKLCH hue wheel, each labelled with the closest name in our list.

Color palettes with Dark Mustard

Curated color palettes that contain a color within ΔE 0.06 (OKLab) of Dark Mustard, closest first.

• Paisley Tour
• Whiteboard Deck
• Obsidian Penthouse
• Onyx Crest
• Imperial Atelier
• Croissant Counter
• Bonfire Orchard
• Trust Briefing

Similar named colors

The eight named colors closest to Dark Mustard, with their ΔE distance.

• Yellowy Brown #AE8B0C ΔE 0.012
• Dark Goldenrod #B8860B ΔE 0.028
• Mustard Brown #AC7E04 ΔE 0.029
• Dark Gold #B59410 ΔE 0.037
• Yellow Brown #B79400 ΔE 0.040
• Golden Brown #B27A01 ΔE 0.041
• Brown Yellow #B29705 ΔE 0.042
• Bronze #A87900 ΔE 0.042

More about Dark Mustard

• Shades of yellow
• What yellow means

How to make Dark Mustard

A starting recipe from common paint colors, found with a spectral paint model (the color mixer’s paint mode). Real pigments vary, so mix a small test batch and adjust.

• 3 parts orange
• 1 part yellow
• 1 part green

Recipe result: #AD8828, a difference of ΔE 0.019 from Dark Mustard. That is very close: most people will not see the difference.

What colors make yellow? | Color mixing chart

Codes for Dark Mustard in every format

Contrast

WCAG 2 contrast ratios are the conformance target: AA needs 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text, AAA needs 7:1. APCA Lc values are supplementary guidance from the WCAG 3 drafts.

Shades and tints of Dark Mustard

A 50–950 scale built in OKLCH: the hue is held, lightness follows a Tailwind v4-like curve, and every step is kept inside the sRGB gamut. This color sits at step 500.

1. Step 50

   50

   #F7F5EF

   oklch(97% 0.008 91.5)

2. Step 100

   100

   #EEEADC

   oklch(93.6% 0.019 93.7)

3. Step 200

   200

   #E1D9BF

   oklch(88.5% 0.036 92.8)

4. Step 300

   300

   #CFC092

   oklch(80.9% 0.063 92.2)

5. Step 400

   400

   #B79F51

   oklch(70.8% 0.102 92.6)

6. Step 500

   500 (this color)

   #A88905

   oklch(64% 0.13 92.6)

7. Step 600

   600

   #8B7000

   oklch(55.5% 0.114 92)

8. Step 700

   700

   #755E00

   oklch(49.1% 0.1 92.1)

9. Step 800

   800

   #604D00

   oklch(42.7% 0.087 92.5)

10. Step 900

    900

    #504000

    oklch(37.8% 0.077 92.8)

11. Step 950

    950

    #302501

    oklch(27% 0.054 91.4)

Export this scale for Tailwind in the Tailwind colors tool

Dark Mustard with color blindness

Simulated with the Machado et al. (2009) model. ΔE is how far the color moves: below about 0.02 you would not notice a change.