Luxor Gold Color
Luxor Gold is a yellow color with hex code #A7882C. This page covers its meaning, all color values, harmonies, colors that go with luxor gold, shades, tints, similar colors, CSS examples, FAQs, and WCAG contrast ratios.
Luxor Gold Color Values
What Does Luxor Gold Mean?
Luxor Gold belongs to the yellow family of colors. Yellow is the brightest thing in daylight, which makes it impossible to ignore and easy to overdo. School buses and hazard tape exist to exploit that visibility. In artwork, small amounts of yellow energize a piece; large fields of it tire the eye surprisingly fast. Luxor Gold sits at a mid-lightness, which keeps it readable on both white and black without much fuss.
In the ISCC-NBS color naming system, Luxor Gold is classified as a yellow (nearest centroid: dark yellow, #AB9144).
Color Harmonies
Complementary
Analogous
Triadic
Colors That Go With Luxor Gold
Luxor Gold and #2C4AA5 are complements, parked opposite each other on the wheel. Together they hit maximum contrast, so a rough 70/30 split keeps the pairing from shouting.
Analogous neighbors — #A54A2C and #87A52C, which sit beside luxor gold on the wheel. Pairings like this feel calm and settled, which suits backgrounds and gradients.
For an energetic three-color palette, pair luxor gold with triadic partners #2CA587 and #872CA5. All three sit evenly spaced around the wheel, so the scheme stays lively without clashing.
Build and test these combinations in our Color Wheel Tool or check text readability with the Contrast Checker.
Tints and Shades
Tints (lighter)
Shades (darker)
Similar Colors
CSS Examples
.text { color: #A7882C; }
.background { background-color: #A7882C; }
.border { border: 2px solid #A7882C; }
.shadow { box-shadow: 0 4px 6px #A7882C40; }WCAG Contrast
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the hex code for luxor gold?
Luxor Gold has the hex code #A7882C. In RGB notation it is rgb(167, 136, 44), in HSL it is hsl(45, 58%, 41%), and its OKLCH value is 0.639, 0.114, 89.6.
What does the color luxor gold mean?
Yellow-family colors like luxor gold carry distinct psychological associations. Luxor Gold belongs to the yellow family of colors. Yellow is the brightest thing in daylight, which makes it impossible to ignore and easy to overdo. School buses and hazard tape exist to exploit that visibility. In artwork, small amounts of yellow energize a piece; large fields of it tire the eye surprisingly fast. Luxor Gold sits at a mid-lightness, which keeps it readable on both white and black without much fuss.
What colors go with luxor gold?
Luxor Gold has three easy routes: its complement #2C4AA5 for punch, its neighbors #A54A2C and #87A52C for something calmer, or triadic partners #2CA587 and #872CA5 when you want energy.
Is luxor gold a standard web color?
No — Luxor Gold is not a CSS keyword. Use its hex value #A7882C or any RGB/HSL equivalent in your stylesheets.
How do I make luxor gold lighter or darker?
To lighten luxor gold, add white to create tints; to darken it, add black to create shades. The tints and shades table above shows five computed steps of each, from #F4EDD7 (lightest tint) to #1C1707 (darkest shade).
About Luxor Gold
Luxor Gold is classified as a Yellow in the ISCC-NBS color naming system, within the Yellow hue family. It has The color is recognized by Resene.
Use our Color Converter to convert #A7882C to any other color format, or explore the Color Wheel to find harmonious color combinations.