#A08A23#A08A23

#A08A23 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.119 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A08A23
RGB	rgb(160, 138, 35)
HSL	hsl(49, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(49, 78%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 78.1%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.82, -2.65, 54.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.82, 54.29, 92.80°)
OKLab	oklab(63.55% -0.0133 0.1184)
OKLCH	oklch(63.55% 0.119 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.8903, 25.7732, 5.3062)
Luminance	0.2577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A08A23 #2339A0

analogous

#A04B23 #A08A23 #77A023

triadic

#A08A23 #23A08A #8A23A0

tetradic

#A08A23 #23A04B #2339A0 #A02377

square

#A08A23 #23A04B #2339A0 #A02377

split-complementary

#A08A23 #2377A0 #4B23A0

monochromatic

#3C330D #6E5F18 #A08A23 #D1B52F #DCC761

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#A08A23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#A08A23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A08A23

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A08A23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A08A23	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)

#99870D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD7F76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a08a23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 138, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.119 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0ab67',
    500: '#a08a23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a08a23;
$custom-light: #c0ab67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a08a23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.44,
    "s": 64.103,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63553,
    "c": 0.11916,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A08A23

secondary

#5D6FC1

accent

#5EE741

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A08A23

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

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