#A08020#A08020

#A08020 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.115 H 89.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A08020
RGB	rgb(160, 128, 32)
HSL	hsl(45, 67%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(45, 80%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20%, 80%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.09, 2.78, 52.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.09, 52.86, 86.99°)
OKLab	oklab(61.39% 0.0019 0.1147)
OKLCH	oklch(61.39% 0.115 89.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.4785, 23.0177, 4.6251)
Luminance	0.2302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A08020 #2040A0

analogous

#A04020 #A08020 #80A020

triadic

#A08020 #20A080 #8020A0

tetradic

#A08020 #20A040 #2040A0 #A02080

square

#A08020 #20A040 #2040A0 #A02080

split-complementary

#A08020 #2080A0 #4020A0

monochromatic

#3A2E0C #6D5716 #A08020 #D3A92A #DEBE5C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#A08020 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#A08020 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A08020

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A08020	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A08020	1.00	3.75	5.60	5.60
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#907F0B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978826

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE746E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a08020;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 128, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.115 89.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0a464',
    500: '#a08020',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a08020;
$custom-light: #c0a464;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a08020",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61392,
    "c": 0.11471,
    "h": 89.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A08020

secondary

#5974C3

accent

#69EA3E

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A08020

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

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