#A08517#A08517

#A08517 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.122 H 93.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A08517
RGB	rgb(160, 133, 23)
HSL	hsl(48, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(48, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.9%, 85.6%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.40, -0.30, 56.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.40, 56.77, 90.30°)
OKLab	oklab(62.41% -0.0077 0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(62.41% 0.122 93.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.0408, 24.3119, 4.2895)
Luminance	0.2431 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A08517 #1732A0

analogous

#A04017 #A08517 #76A017

triadic

#A08517 #17A085 #8517A0

tetradic

#A08517 #17A040 #1732A0 #A01776

square

#A08517 #17A040 #1732A0 #A01776

split-complementary

#A08517 #1776A0 #4017A0

monochromatic

#352C08 #6A590F #A08517 #D6B11F #E5C74C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#A08517 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.86

#A08517 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A08517

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A08517	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A08517	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)

#9B8B20

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE7971

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a08517;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 133, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.122 93.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1a861',
    500: '#a08517',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a08517;
$custom-light: #c1a861;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a08517",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.175,
    "s": 74.863,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6241,
    "c": 0.12163,
    "h": 93.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A08517

secondary

#4C64C7

accent

#5BF136

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F05

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A08517

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

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