#A08B16#A08B16

#A08B16 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.126 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A08B16
RGB	rgb(160, 139, 22)
HSL	hsl(51, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(51, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.1%, 86.3%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.04, -3.63, 58.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.04, 58.51, 93.56°)
OKLab	oklab(63.7% -0.0172 0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(63.7% 0.126 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.8760, 25.9981, 4.5194)
Luminance	0.2600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A08B16 #162BA0

analogous

#A04616 #A08B16 #70A016

triadic

#A08B16 #16A08B #8B16A0

tetradic

#A08B16 #16A046 #162BA0 #A01670

square

#A08B16 #16A046 #162BA0 #A01670

split-complementary

#A08B16 #1670A0 #4616A0

monochromatic

#342E07 #6A5C0F #A08B16 #D6BA1D #E6CE4A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#A08B16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.20

#A08B16 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A08B16

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A08B16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A08B16	1.00	3.39	6.20	6.20
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A08E20

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD7F76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a08b16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 139, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.126 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0ac61',
    500: '#a08b16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a08b16;
$custom-light: #c0ac61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a08b16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.87,
    "s": 75.824,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63704,
    "c": 0.12595,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A08B16

secondary

#4A5DC8

accent

#52F235

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A08B16

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

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