#A08E17#A08E17

#A08E17 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.128 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A08E17
RGB	rgb(160, 142, 23)
HSL	hsl(52, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(52, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.2%, 85.6%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.87, -5.24, 58.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.87, 59.06, 95.09°)
OKLab	oklab(64.36% -0.0216 0.1259)
OKLCH	oklch(64.36% 0.128 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.3261, 26.8827, 4.7180)
Luminance	0.2688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A08E17 #1729A0

analogous

#A04917 #A08E17 #6DA017

triadic

#A08E17 #17A08E #8E17A0

tetradic

#A08E17 #17A049 #1729A0 #A0176D

square

#A08E17 #17A049 #1729A0 #A0176D

split-complementary

#A08E17 #176DA0 #4917A0

monochromatic

#352F08 #6A5F0F #A08E17 #D6BD1F #E5D14C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#A08E17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.38

#A08E17 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A08E17

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A08E17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A08E17	1.00	3.29	6.38	6.38
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8A00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29022

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD8379

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a08e17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 142, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.128 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0ae62',
    500: '#a08e17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a08e17;
$custom-light: #c0ae62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a08e17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.117,
    "s": 74.863,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64363,
    "c": 0.12775,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A08E17

secondary

#4C5CC7

accent

#4FF136

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A08E17

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

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