#A08E1B#A08E1B

#A08E1B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.126 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A08E1B
RGB	rgb(160, 142, 27)
HSL	hsl(52, 71%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(52, 83%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.2%, 83.1%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.88, -5.12, 57.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.88, 57.98, 95.07°)
OKLab	oklab(64.38% -0.021 0.1244)
OKLCH	oklch(64.38% 0.126 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.3693, 26.9000, 4.9453)
Luminance	0.2690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A08E1B #1B2DA0

analogous

#A04C1B #A08E1B #70A01B

triadic

#A08E1B #1BA08E #8E1BA0

tetradic

#A08E1B #1BA04C #1B2DA0 #A01B70

square

#A08E1B #1BA04C #1B2DA0 #A01B70

split-complementary

#A08E1B #1B70A0 #4C1BA0

monochromatic

#373109 #6C6012 #A08E1B #D4BC24 #E2CF53

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#A08E1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.38

#A08E1B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A08E1B

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A08E1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A08E1B	1.00	3.29	6.38	6.38
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8A00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29025

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD8379

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a08e1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 142, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.126 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0ae64',
    500: '#a08e1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a08e1b;
$custom-light: #c0ae64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a08e1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.88,
    "s": 71.123,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64381,
    "c": 0.12611,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A08E1B

secondary

#5261C5

accent

#52EE3A

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A08E1B

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

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