#A08E42#A08E42

#A08E42 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.099 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A08E42
RGB	rgb(160, 142, 66)
HSL	hsl(49, 42%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(49, 59%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.2%, 58.8%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.17, -3.00, 42.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.17, 42.33, 94.06°)
OKLab	oklab(64.7% -0.0106 0.0982)
OKLCH	oklch(64.7% 0.099 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.1546, 27.2141, 9.0810)
Luminance	0.2721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A08E42 #4254A0

analogous

#A05F42 #A08E42 #83A042

triadic

#A08E42 #42A08E #8E42A0

tetradic

#A08E42 #42A05F #4254A0 #A04283

square

#A08E42 #42A05F #4254A0 #A04283

split-complementary

#A08E42 #4283A0 #5F42A0

monochromatic

#49411E #756830 #A08E42 #BEAC61 #D0C38D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#A08E42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#A08E42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A08E42

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A08E42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A08E42	1.00	3.26	6.44	6.44
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8B3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09145

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC847D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a08e42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 142, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.099 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beae79',
    500: '#a08e42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a08e42;
$custom-light: #beae79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a08e42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.511,
    "s": 41.593,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64704,
    "c": 0.09876,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A08E42

secondary

#838EBB

accent

#6ED156

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#121009

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A08E42

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

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