#A08B23#A08B23

#A08B23 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.120 H 97.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A08B23
RGB	rgb(160, 139, 35)
HSL	hsl(50, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(50, 78%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.1%, 78.1%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.10, -3.20, 54.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.10, 54.57, 93.36°)
OKLab	oklab(63.77% -0.0148 0.119)
OKLCH	oklch(63.77% 0.12 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.0345, 26.0615, 5.3542)
Luminance	0.2606 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A08B23 #2338A0

analogous

#A04C23 #A08B23 #76A023

triadic

#A08B23 #23A08B #8B23A0

tetradic

#A08B23 #23A04C #2338A0 #A02376

square

#A08B23 #23A04C #2338A0 #A02376

split-complementary

#A08B23 #2376A0 #4C23A0

monochromatic

#3C340D #6E5F18 #A08B23 #D1B62F #DCC861

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#A08B23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.21

#A08B23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A08B23

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A08B23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A08B23	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)

#9A880D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD8077

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a08b23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 139, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.120 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0ac67',
    500: '#a08b23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a08b23;
$custom-light: #c0ac67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a08b23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.92,
    "s": 64.103,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6377,
    "c": 0.11988,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A08B23

secondary

#5D6EC1

accent

#5DE741

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A08B23

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

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