#A08A17#A08A17

#A08A17 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.125 H 97.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A08A17
RGB	rgb(160, 138, 23)
HSL	hsl(50, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(50, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 85.6%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.76, -3.06, 57.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.76, 57.99, 93.02°)
OKLab	oklab(63.49% -0.0155 0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(63.49% 0.125 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.7417, 25.7137, 4.5232)
Luminance	0.2571 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A08A17 #172DA0

analogous

#A04517 #A08A17 #71A017

triadic

#A08A17 #17A08A #8A17A0

tetradic

#A08A17 #17A045 #172DA0 #A01771

square

#A08A17 #17A045 #172DA0 #A01771

split-complementary

#A08A17 #1771A0 #4517A0

monochromatic

#352E08 #6A5C0F #A08A17 #D6B81F #E5CD4C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#A08A17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.14

#A08A17 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A08A17

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A08A17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A08A17	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)

#9F8E21

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD7E76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a08a17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 138, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.125 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0ab61',
    500: '#a08a17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a08a17;
$custom-light: #c0ab61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a08a17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.365,
    "s": 74.863,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6349,
    "c": 0.12486,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A08A17

secondary

#4C60C7

accent

#54F136

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A08A17

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

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