#A08838#A08838

#A08838 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.103 H 92.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A08838
RGB	rgb(160, 136, 56)
HSL	hsl(46, 48%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(46, 65%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 65%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.43, -0.42, 45.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.43, 45.09, 90.53°)
OKLab	oklab(63.3% -0.0044 0.1029)
OKLCH	oklch(63.3% 0.103 92.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.0163, 25.3687, 7.3723)
Luminance	0.2537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A08838 #3850A0

analogous

#A05438 #A08838 #84A038

triadic

#A08838 #38A088 #8838A0

tetradic

#A08838 #38A054 #3850A0 #A03884

square

#A08838 #38A054 #3850A0 #A03884

split-complementary

#A08838 #3884A0 #5438A0

monochromatic

#453B18 #736128 #A08838 #C3A953 #D3BF80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#A08838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.07

#A08838 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A08838

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A08838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A08838	1.00	3.46	6.07	6.07
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96862F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8D3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD7E77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a08838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 136, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.103 92.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfaa72',
    500: '#a08838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a08838;
$custom-light: #bfaa72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a08838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.154,
    "s": 48.148,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63297,
    "c": 0.10304,
    "h": 92.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A08838

secondary

#7888BC

accent

#6FD850

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A08838

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

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