#A08017#A08017

#A08017 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.119 H 89.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A08017
RGB	rgb(160, 128, 23)
HSL	hsl(46, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(46, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20%, 85.6%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.05, 2.48, 55.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.05, 55.70, 87.45°)
OKLab	oklab(61.34% 0.0002 0.1189)
OKLCH	oklch(61.34% 0.119 89.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.3724, 22.9753, 4.0668)
Luminance	0.2297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A08017 #1737A0

analogous

#A03B17 #A08017 #7BA017

triadic

#A08017 #17A080 #8017A0

tetradic

#A08017 #17A03B #1737A0 #A0177B

square

#A08017 #17A03B #1737A0 #A0177B

split-complementary

#A08017 #177BA0 #3B17A0

monochromatic

#352A08 #6A550F #A08017 #D6AB1F #E5C24C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#A08017 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#A08017 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A08017

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A08017	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A08017	1.00	3.75	5.59	5.59
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#907F00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98871F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE746D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a08017;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 128, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.119 89.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1a460',
    500: '#a08017',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a08017;
$custom-light: #c1a460;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a08017",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.985,
    "s": 74.863,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61343,
    "c": 0.11889,
    "h": 89.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A08017

secondary

#4C69C7

accent

#62F136

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F3EB

border

#D1CDC6

text

#130F05

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A08017

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

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