#A08A16#A08A16

#A08A16 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.125 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A08A16
RGB	rgb(160, 138, 22)
HSL	hsl(50, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(50, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 86.3%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.76, -3.09, 58.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.76, 58.25, 93.04°)
OKLab	oklab(63.49% -0.0156 0.1243)
OKLCH	oklch(63.49% 0.125 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.7318, 25.7098, 4.4714)
Luminance	0.2571 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A08A16 #162CA0

analogous

#A04516 #A08A16 #71A016

triadic

#A08A16 #16A08A #8A16A0

tetradic

#A08A16 #16A045 #162CA0 #A01671

square

#A08A16 #16A045 #162CA0 #A01671

split-complementary

#A08A16 #1671A0 #4516A0

monochromatic

#342D07 #6A5C0F #A08A16 #D6B81D #E6CD4A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#A08A16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.14

#A08A16 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A08A16

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A08A16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A08A16	1.00	3.42	6.14	6.14
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8E20

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD7E76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a08a16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 138, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.125 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0ab61',
    500: '#a08a16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a08a16;
$custom-light: #c0ab61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a08a16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.435,
    "s": 75.824,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63486,
    "c": 0.12525,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A08A16

secondary

#4A5EC8

accent

#54F235

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A08A16

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

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