#A18016#A18016

#A18016 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.120 H 89.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A18016
RGB	rgb(161, 128, 22)
HSL	hsl(46, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(46, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.5%, 86.3%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.15, 2.92, 56.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.15, 56.13, 87.02°)
OKLab	oklab(61.45% 0.0013 0.1195)
OKLCH	oklch(61.45% 0.12 89.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.5634, 23.0749, 4.0244)
Luminance	0.2307 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A18016 #1637A1

analogous

#A13A16 #A18016 #7CA116

triadic

#A18016 #16A180 #8016A1

tetradic

#A18016 #16A13A #1637A1 #A1167C

square

#A18016 #16A13A #1637A1 #A1167C

split-complementary

#A18016 #167CA1 #3A16A1

monochromatic

#352A07 #6B550F #A18016 #D7AB1D #E6C24B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#A18016 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.61

#A18016 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A18016

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A18016	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A18016	1.00	3.74	5.61	5.61
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#907F00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98881E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF746D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a18016;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 128, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.120 89.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2a460',
    500: '#a18016',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a18016;
$custom-light: #c2a460;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a18016",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.755,
    "s": 75.956,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61447,
    "c": 0.11953,
    "h": 89.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23073
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A18016

secondary

#4B69C8

accent

#62F335

background

#FCFAF5

surface

#F8F3EA

border

#D1CDC6

text

#130F05

muted

#827F79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A18016

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

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