#A08821#A08821

#A08821 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.119 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A08821
RGB	rgb(160, 136, 33)
HSL	hsl(49, 66%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(49, 79%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 79.4%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.26, -1.63, 54.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.26, 54.44, 91.71°)
OKLab	oklab(63.11% -0.0106 0.1184)
OKLCH	oklch(63.11% 0.119 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.5772, 25.1931, 5.0594)
Luminance	0.2519 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A08821 #2139A0

analogous

#A04821 #A08821 #79A021

triadic

#A08821 #21A088 #8821A0

tetradic

#A08821 #21A048 #2139A0 #A02179

square

#A08821 #21A048 #2139A0 #A02179

split-complementary

#A08821 #2179A0 #4821A0

monochromatic

#3B320C #6D5D17 #A08821 #D3B32B #DEC65E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#A08821 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.04

#A08821 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A08821

6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A08821	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A08821	1.00	3.48	6.04	6.04
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978509

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD7D75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a08821;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 136, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.119 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0aa65',
    500: '#a08821',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a08821;
$custom-light: #c0aa65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a08821",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.661,
    "s": 65.803,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63108,
    "c": 0.11887,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A08821

secondary

#5B6EC2

accent

#5FE93F

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A08821

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

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