#A08817#A08817

#A08817 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.124 H 95.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A08817
RGB	rgb(160, 136, 23)
HSL	hsl(49, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(49, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 85.6%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.22, -1.96, 57.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.22, 57.49, 91.95°)
OKLab	oklab(63.06% -0.0124 0.1229)
OKLCH	oklch(63.06% 0.124 95.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.4574, 25.1451, 4.4284)
Luminance	0.2514 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A08817 #172FA0

analogous

#A04317 #A08817 #73A017

triadic

#A08817 #17A088 #8817A0

tetradic

#A08817 #17A043 #172FA0 #A01773

square

#A08817 #17A043 #172FA0 #A01773

split-complementary

#A08817 #1773A0 #4317A0

monochromatic

#352D08 #6A5B0F #A08817 #D6B51F #E5CA4C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#A08817 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.03

#A08817 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A08817

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A08817	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A08817	1.00	3.48	6.03	6.03
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978500

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D20

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE7C74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a08817;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 136, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.124 95.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0aa61',
    500: '#a08817',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a08817;
$custom-light: #c0aa61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a08817",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.489,
    "s": 74.863,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63057,
    "c": 0.12351,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25144
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A08817

secondary

#4C61C7

accent

#57F136

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F05

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A08817

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

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