#A08827#A08827

#A08827 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.115 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A08827
RGB	rgb(160, 136, 39)
HSL	hsl(48, 61%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(48, 76%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 75.6%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.30, -1.37, 52.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.30, 52.27, 91.51°)
OKLab	oklab(63.15% -0.0092 0.1151)
OKLCH	oklch(63.15% 0.115 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.6688, 25.2297, 5.5422)
Luminance	0.2523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A08827 #273FA0

analogous

#A04C27 #A08827 #7CA027

triadic

#A08827 #27A088 #8827A0

tetradic

#A08827 #27A04C #273FA0 #A0277C

square

#A08827 #27A04C #273FA0 #A0277C

split-complementary

#A08827 #277CA0 #4C27A0

monochromatic

#3E340F #6F5E1B #A08827 #CEB036 #DAC367

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#A08827 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.05

#A08827 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A08827

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A08827	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A08827	1.00	3.47	6.05	6.05
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978516

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD7D75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a08827;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 136, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.115 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0aa68',
    500: '#a08827',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a08827;
$custom-light: #c0aa68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a08827",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.099,
    "s": 60.804,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63147,
    "c": 0.11542,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A08827

secondary

#6375C0

accent

#64E444

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A08827

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

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