#A08717#A08717

#A08717 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.123 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A08717
RGB	rgb(160, 135, 23)
HSL	hsl(49, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(49, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.6%, 85.6%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.94, -1.41, 57.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.94, 57.24, 91.41°)
OKLab	oklab(62.84% -0.0108 0.1224)
OKLCH	oklch(62.84% 0.123 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.3172, 24.8648, 4.3817)
Luminance	0.2486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A08717 #1730A0

analogous

#A04217 #A08717 #74A017

triadic

#A08717 #17A087 #8717A0

tetradic

#A08717 #17A042 #1730A0 #A01774

square

#A08717 #17A042 #1730A0 #A01774

split-complementary

#A08717 #1774A0 #4217A0

monochromatic

#352D08 #6A5A0F #A08717 #D6B41F #E5C94C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#A08717 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.97

#A08717 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A08717

5.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A08717	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A08717	1.00	3.52	5.97	5.97
#FFFFFF	3.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8C20

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE7B73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a08717;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 135, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.123 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1a961',
    500: '#a08717',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a08717;
$custom-light: #c1a961;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a08717",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.051,
    "s": 74.863,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62841,
    "c": 0.12287,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A08717

secondary

#4C62C7

accent

#58F136

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F05

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A08717

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

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