#A08C23#A08C23

#A08C23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.121 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A08C23
RGB	rgb(160, 140, 35)
HSL	hsl(50, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(50, 78%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.5%, 78.1%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.37, -3.74, 54.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.37, 54.86, 93.91°)
OKLab	oklab(63.99% -0.0164 0.1195)
OKLCH	oklch(63.99% 0.121 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.1799, 26.3524, 5.4027)
Luminance	0.2635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A08C23 #2337A0

analogous

#A04D23 #A08C23 #75A023

triadic

#A08C23 #23A08C #8C23A0

tetradic

#A08C23 #23A04D #2337A0 #A02375

square

#A08C23 #23A04D #2337A0 #A02375

split-complementary

#A08C23 #2375A0 #4D23A0

monochromatic

#3C340D #6E6018 #A08C23 #D1B72F #DCC961

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#A08C23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.27

#A08C23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A08C23

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A08C23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A08C23	1.00	3.35	6.27	6.27
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B880C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A08F2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD8178

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a08c23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 140, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.121 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0ad67',
    500: '#a08c23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a08c23;
$custom-light: #c0ad67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a08c23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.4,
    "s": 64.103,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63988,
    "c": 0.12061,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A08C23

secondary

#5D6DC1

accent

#5BE741

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A08C23

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

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