#A08E21#A08E21

#A08E21 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.123 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A08E21
RGB	rgb(160, 142, 33)
HSL	hsl(51, 66%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(51, 79%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.2%, 79.4%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.91, -4.91, 55.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.91, 56.12, 95.02°)
OKLab	oklab(64.41% -0.0199 0.1216)
OKLCH	oklch(64.41% 0.123 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.4460, 26.9306, 5.3490)
Luminance	0.2693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A08E21 #2133A0

analogous

#A04E21 #A08E21 #72A021

triadic

#A08E21 #21A08E #8E21A0

tetradic

#A08E21 #21A04E #2133A0 #A02172

square

#A08E21 #21A04E #2133A0 #A02172

split-complementary

#A08E21 #2172A0 #4E21A0

monochromatic

#3B340C #6D6117 #A08E21 #D3BB2B #DECC5E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#A08E21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.39

#A08E21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A08E21

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A08E21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A08E21	1.00	3.29	6.39	6.39
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8A05

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19129

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD837A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a08e21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 142, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.123 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0ae66',
    500: '#a08e21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a08e21;
$custom-light: #c0ae66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a08e21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.496,
    "s": 65.803,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64412,
    "c": 0.12321,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26929
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A08E21

secondary

#5B69C2

accent

#57E93F

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A08E21

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

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