#A08A22#A08A22

#A08A22 is a light, moderate 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	#A08A22
RGB	rgb(160, 138, 34)
HSL	hsl(50, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(50, 79%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 78.8%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.82, -2.69, 54.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.82, 54.64, 92.82°)
OKLab	oklab(63.55% -0.0135 0.119)
OKLCH	oklch(63.55% 0.12 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.8757, 25.7673, 5.2291)
Luminance	0.2577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A08A22 #2238A0

analogous

#A04B22 #A08A22 #77A022

triadic

#A08A22 #22A08A #8A22A0

tetradic

#A08A22 #22A04B #2238A0 #A02277

square

#A08A22 #22A04B #2238A0 #A02277

split-complementary

#A08A22 #2277A0 #4B22A0

monochromatic

#3B330D #6E5E17 #A08A22 #D2B52D #DDC75F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#A08A22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#A08A22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A08A22

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A08A22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A08A22	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)

#99870B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD7F76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a08a22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 138, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.120 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0ab66',
    500: '#a08a22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a08a22;
$custom-light: #c0ab66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a08a22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.524,
    "s": 64.948,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63547,
    "c": 0.11971,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A08A22

secondary

#5C6EC2

accent

#5DE840

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A08A22

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

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