#A08E2B#A08E2B

#A08E2B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.117 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A08E2B
RGB	rgb(160, 142, 43)
HSL	hsl(51, 58%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(51, 73%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.2%, 73.1%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.97, -4.47, 52.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.97, 52.51, 94.89°)
OKLab	oklab(64.48% -0.0176 0.116)
OKLCH	oklch(64.48% 0.117 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.6074, 26.9952, 6.1995)
Luminance	0.2699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A08E2B #2B3DA0

analogous

#A0532B #A08E2B #78A02B

triadic

#A08E2B #2BA08E #8E2BA0

tetradic

#A08E2B #2BA053 #2B3DA0 #A02B78

square

#A08E2B #2BA053 #2B3DA0 #A02B78

split-complementary

#A08E2B #2B78A0 #532BA0

monochromatic

#403811 #70631E #A08E2B #CBB53D #D8C86E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#A08E2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#A08E2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A08E2B

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A08E2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A08E2B	1.00	3.28	6.40	6.40
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8A1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19131

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD837A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a08e2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 142, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.117 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0ae6b',
    500: '#a08e2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a08e2b;
$custom-light: #c0ae6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a08e2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.769,
    "s": 57.635,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64479,
    "c": 0.1173,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A08E2B

secondary

#6875BF

accent

#5FE147

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A08E2B

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

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