#A08A21#A08A21

#A08A21 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.120 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A08A21
RGB	rgb(160, 138, 33)
HSL	hsl(50, 66%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(50, 79%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 79.4%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.81, -2.73, 54.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.81, 54.98, 92.84°)
OKLab	oklab(63.54% -0.0137 0.1195)
OKLCH	oklch(63.54% 0.12 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.8615, 25.7617, 5.1542)
Luminance	0.2576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A08A21 #2137A0

analogous

#A04A21 #A08A21 #77A021

triadic

#A08A21 #21A08A #8A21A0

tetradic

#A08A21 #21A04A #2137A0 #A02177

square

#A08A21 #21A04A #2137A0 #A02177

split-complementary

#A08A21 #2177A0 #4A21A0

monochromatic

#3B320C #6D5E17 #A08A21 #D3B62B #DEC85E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#A08A21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#A08A21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A08A21

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A08A21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A08A21	1.00	3.41	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998708

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8E28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD7F76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a08a21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 138, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.120 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0ab66',
    500: '#a08a21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a08a21;
$custom-light: #c0ab66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a08a21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.606,
    "s": 65.803,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63541,
    "c": 0.12025,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A08A21

secondary

#5B6DC2

accent

#5CE93F

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A08A21

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

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