#A08018#A08018

#A08018 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.118 H 89.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A08018
RGB	rgb(160, 128, 24)
HSL	hsl(46, 74%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(46, 85%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20%, 85%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.05, 2.51, 55.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.05, 55.41, 87.40°)
OKLab	oklab(61.35% 0.0004 0.1185)
OKLCH	oklch(61.35% 0.118 89.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.3827, 22.9794, 4.1205)
Luminance	0.2298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A08018 #1838A0

analogous

#A03C18 #A08018 #7CA018

triadic

#A08018 #18A080 #8018A0

tetradic

#A08018 #18A03C #1838A0 #A0187C

square

#A08018 #18A03C #1838A0 #A0187C

split-complementary

#A08018 #187CA0 #3C18A0

monochromatic

#362B08 #6B5510 #A08018 #D5AB20 #E4C14E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#A08018 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#A08018 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A08018

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A08018	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A08018	1.00	3.75	5.60	5.60
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.60	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: #a08018;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 128, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.118 89.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1a460',
    500: '#a08018',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a08018;
$custom-light: #c1a460;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a08018",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.882,
    "s": 73.913,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61348,
    "c": 0.11848,
    "h": 89.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A08018

secondary

#4D6AC6

accent

#63F137

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F3EB

border

#D1CDC6

text

#130F05

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A08018

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

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