#A08B21#A08B21

#A08B21 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.121 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A08B21
RGB	rgb(160, 139, 33)
HSL	hsl(50, 66%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(50, 79%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.1%, 79.4%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.08, -3.28, 55.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.08, 55.26, 93.40°)
OKLab	oklab(63.76% -0.0152 0.12)
OKLCH	oklch(63.76% 0.121 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.0056, 26.0499, 5.2023)
Luminance	0.2605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A08B21 #2136A0

analogous

#A04C21 #A08B21 #75A021

triadic

#A08B21 #21A08B #8B21A0

tetradic

#A08B21 #21A04C #2136A0 #A02175

square

#A08B21 #21A04C #2136A0 #A02175

split-complementary

#A08B21 #2175A0 #4C21A0

monochromatic

#3B330C #6D5F17 #A08B21 #D3B72B #DEC95E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#A08B21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.21

#A08B21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A08B21

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A08B21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A08B21	1.00	3.38	6.21	6.21
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8807

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD8077

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a08b21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 139, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.121 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0ac66',
    500: '#a08b21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a08b21;
$custom-light: #c0ac66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a08b21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.079,
    "s": 65.803,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63758,
    "c": 0.12096,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A08B21

secondary

#5B6CC2

accent

#5BE93F

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A08B21

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

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