#A08A35#A08A35

#A08A35 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.107 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A08A35
RGB	rgb(160, 138, 53)
HSL	hsl(48, 50%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(48, 67%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 66.9%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.95, -1.72, 47.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.95, 47.06, 92.09°)
OKLab	oklab(63.7% -0.0085 0.1066)
OKLCH	oklch(63.7% 0.107 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.2294, 25.9088, 7.0921)
Luminance	0.2591 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A08A35 #354BA0

analogous

#A05535 #A08A35 #81A035

triadic

#A08A35 #35A08A #8A35A0

tetradic

#A08A35 #35A055 #354BA0 #A03581

square

#A08A35 #35A055 #354BA0 #A03581

split-complementary

#A08A35 #3581A0 #5535A0

monochromatic

#443B17 #726226 #A08A35 #C4AC4E #D4C27C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#A08A35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18

#A08A35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A08A35

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A08A35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A08A35	1.00	3.40	6.18	6.18
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98872B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD8078

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a08a35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 138, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.107 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfab70',
    500: '#a08a35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a08a35;
$custom-light: #bfab70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a08a35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.664,
    "s": 50.235,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63697,
    "c": 0.10691,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A08A35

secondary

#7483BC

accent

#6BDA4E

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A08A35

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

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