#A08822#A08822

#A08822 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.118 H 95.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A08822
RGB	rgb(160, 136, 34)
HSL	hsl(49, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(49, 79%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 78.8%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.27, -1.59, 54.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.27, 54.09, 91.68°)
OKLab	oklab(63.11% -0.0103 0.1179)
OKLCH	oklch(63.11% 0.118 95)
XYZ	xyz(23.5914, 25.1987, 5.1343)
Luminance	0.2520 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A08822 #223AA0

analogous

#A04922 #A08822 #79A022

triadic

#A08822 #22A088 #8822A0

tetradic

#A08822 #22A049 #223AA0 #A02279

square

#A08822 #22A049 #223AA0 #A02279

split-complementary

#A08822 #2279A0 #4922A0

monochromatic

#3B320D #6E5D17 #A08822 #D2B32D #DDC55F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#A08822 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.04

#A08822 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A08822

6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A08822	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A08822	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)

#97850C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD7D75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a08822;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 136, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.118 95.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0aa66',
    500: '#a08822',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a08822;
$custom-light: #c0aa66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a08822",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.571,
    "s": 64.948,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63114,
    "c": 0.11832,
    "h": 95
  },
  "luminance": 0.25197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A08822

secondary

#5C6FC2

accent

#60E840

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A08822

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

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