#A08523#A08523

#A08523 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.116 H 92.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A08523
RGB	rgb(160, 133, 35)
HSL	hsl(47, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(47, 78%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.9%, 78.1%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.46, 0.11, 52.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.46, 52.96, 89.88°)
OKLab	oklab(62.48% -0.0054 0.1157)
OKLCH	oklch(62.48% 0.116 92.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.1894, 24.3714, 5.0725)
Luminance	0.2437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A08523 #233EA0

analogous

#A04623 #A08523 #7CA023

triadic

#A08523 #23A085 #8523A0

tetradic

#A08523 #23A046 #233EA0 #A0237C

square

#A08523 #23A046 #233EA0 #A0237C

split-complementary

#A08523 #237CA0 #4623A0

monochromatic

#3C320D #6E5B18 #A08523 #D1AE2F #DCC261

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#A08523 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.87

#A08523 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A08523

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A08523	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A08523	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)

#948310

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8B29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD7A72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a08523;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 133, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.116 92.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0a866',
    500: '#a08523',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a08523;
$custom-light: #c0a866;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a08523",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.04,
    "s": 64.103,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62475,
    "c": 0.11585,
    "h": 92.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A08523

secondary

#5D73C1

accent

#65E741

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A08523

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

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