#A08916#A08916

#A08916 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.125 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A08916
RGB	rgb(160, 137, 22)
HSL	hsl(50, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(50, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 86.3%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.49, -2.54, 57.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.49, 58.00, 92.51°)
OKLab	oklab(63.27% -0.0141 0.1238)
OKLCH	oklch(63.27% 0.125 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.5890, 25.4242, 4.4238)
Luminance	0.2542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A08916 #162DA0

analogous

#A04416 #A08916 #72A016

triadic

#A08916 #16A089 #8916A0

tetradic

#A08916 #16A044 #162DA0 #A01672

square

#A08916 #16A044 #162DA0 #A01672

split-complementary

#A08916 #1672A0 #4416A0

monochromatic

#342D07 #6A5B0F #A08916 #D6B71D #E6CC4A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#A08916 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.08

#A08916 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A08916

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A08916	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A08916	1.00	3.45	6.08	6.08
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8D20

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE7D75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a08916;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 137, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.125 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0ab61',
    500: '#a08916',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a08916;
$custom-light: #c0ab61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a08916",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 75.824,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63269,
    "c": 0.12456,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A08916

secondary

#4A5FC8

accent

#55F235

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131005

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A08916

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

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