#A08922#A08922

#A08922 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.119 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A08922
RGB	rgb(160, 137, 34)
HSL	hsl(49, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(49, 79%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 78.8%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.54, -2.14, 54.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.54, 54.36, 92.25°)
OKLab	oklab(63.33% -0.0119 0.1184)
OKLCH	oklch(63.33% 0.119 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.7329, 25.4817, 5.1815)
Luminance	0.2548 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A08922 #2239A0

analogous

#A04A22 #A08922 #78A022

triadic

#A08922 #22A089 #8922A0

tetradic

#A08922 #22A04A #2239A0 #A02278

square

#A08922 #22A04A #2239A0 #A02278

split-complementary

#A08922 #2278A0 #4A22A0

monochromatic

#3B330D #6E5E17 #A08922 #D2B42D #DDC65F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#A08922 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.10

#A08922 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A08922

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A08922	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A08922	1.00	3.44	6.10	6.10
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98860B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8D29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD7E75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a08922;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 137, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.119 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0ab66',
    500: '#a08922',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a08922;
$custom-light: #c0ab66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a08922",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.048,
    "s": 64.948,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6333,
    "c": 0.11901,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A08922

secondary

#5C6FC2

accent

#5FE840

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A08922

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

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