#A08918#A08918

#A08918 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.124 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A08918
RGB	rgb(160, 137, 24)
HSL	hsl(50, 74%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(50, 85%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 85%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.49, -2.48, 57.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.49, 57.47, 92.47°)
OKLab	oklab(63.28% -0.0138 0.123)
OKLCH	oklch(63.28% 0.124 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.6091, 25.4322, 4.5293)
Luminance	0.2543 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A08918 #182FA0

analogous

#A04518 #A08918 #73A018

triadic

#A08918 #18A089 #8918A0

tetradic

#A08918 #18A045 #182FA0 #A01873

square

#A08918 #18A045 #182FA0 #A01873

split-complementary

#A08918 #1873A0 #4518A0

monochromatic

#362E08 #6B5B10 #A08918 #D5B720 #E4CB4E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#A08918 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.09

#A08918 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A08918

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A08918	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A08918	1.00	3.45	6.09	6.09
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8D21

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD7D75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a08918;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 137, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.124 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0ab62',
    500: '#a08918',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a08918;
$custom-light: #c0ab62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a08918",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.853,
    "s": 73.913,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63277,
    "c": 0.12378,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A08918

secondary

#4D62C6

accent

#57F137

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A08918

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

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