#A08522#A08522

#A08522 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.116 H 92.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A08522
RGB	rgb(160, 133, 34)
HSL	hsl(47, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(47, 79%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.9%, 78.8%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.45, 0.07, 53.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.45, 53.32, 89.92°)
OKLab	oklab(62.47% -0.0056 0.1163)
OKLCH	oklch(62.47% 0.116 92.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.1748, 24.3655, 4.9954)
Luminance	0.2436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A08522 #223DA0

analogous

#A04622 #A08522 #7CA022

triadic

#A08522 #22A085 #8522A0

tetradic

#A08522 #22A046 #223DA0 #A0227C

square

#A08522 #22A046 #223DA0 #A0227C

split-complementary

#A08522 #227CA0 #4622A0

monochromatic

#3B310D #6E5B17 #A08522 #D2AF2D #DDC25F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#A08522 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.87

#A08522 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A08522

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A08522	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A08522	1.00	3.58	5.87	5.87
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94830D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8B28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD7A72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a08522;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 133, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.116 92.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0a866',
    500: '#a08522',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a08522;
$custom-light: #c0a866;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a08522",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.143,
    "s": 64.948,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62469,
    "c": 0.11641,
    "h": 92.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A08522

secondary

#5C72C2

accent

#64E840

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A08522

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

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