#A08B38#A08B38

#A08B38 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.105 H 95.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A08B38
RGB	rgb(160, 139, 56)
HSL	hsl(48, 48%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(48, 65%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.1%, 65%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.25, -2.08, 45.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.25, 46.03, 92.58°)
OKLab	oklab(63.94% -0.0092 0.1048)
OKLCH	oklch(63.94% 0.105 95)
XYZ	xyz(24.4448, 26.2256, 7.5151)
Luminance	0.2622 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A08B38 #384DA0

analogous

#A05738 #A08B38 #81A038

triadic

#A08B38 #38A08B #8B38A0

tetradic

#A08B38 #38A057 #384DA0 #A03881

square

#A08B38 #38A057 #384DA0 #A03881

split-complementary

#A08B38 #3881A0 #5738A0

monochromatic

#453C18 #736428 #A08B38 #C3AC53 #D3C280

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#A08B38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.24

#A08B38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A08B38

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A08B38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A08B38	1.00	3.36	6.24	6.24
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99882E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8F3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC8179

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a08b38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 139, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.105 95.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfac72',
    500: '#a08b38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a08b38;
$custom-light: #bfac72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a08b38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.885,
    "s": 48.148,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63943,
    "c": 0.10522,
    "h": 95
  },
  "luminance": 0.26224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A08B38

secondary

#7886BC

accent

#6BD850

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A08B38

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

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