#A08516#A08516

#A08516 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.122 H 93.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A08516
RGB	rgb(160, 133, 22)
HSL	hsl(48, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(48, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.9%, 86.3%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.39, -0.33, 57.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.39, 57.04, 90.33°)
OKLab	oklab(62.41% -0.0078 0.1218)
OKLCH	oklch(62.41% 0.122 93.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.0309, 24.3080, 4.2378)
Luminance	0.2431 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A08516 #1631A0

analogous

#A04016 #A08516 #76A016

triadic

#A08516 #16A085 #8516A0

tetradic

#A08516 #16A040 #1631A0 #A01676

square

#A08516 #16A040 #1631A0 #A01676

split-complementary

#A08516 #1676A0 #4016A0

monochromatic

#342C07 #6A580F #A08516 #D6B21D #E6C84A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#A08516 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.86

#A08516 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A08516

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A08516	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A08516	1.00	3.58	5.86	5.86
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#958300

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8B1F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE7971

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a08516;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 133, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.122 93.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1a860',
    500: '#a08516',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a08516;
$custom-light: #c1a860;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a08516",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.261,
    "s": 75.824,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62406,
    "c": 0.12202,
    "h": 93.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A08516

secondary

#4A63C8

accent

#5AF235

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F05

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A08516

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

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