#A18316#A18316

#A18316 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.121 H 91.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A18316
RGB	rgb(161, 131, 22)
HSL	hsl(47, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(47, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 86.3%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.96, 1.24, 56.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.96, 56.73, 88.75°)
OKLab	oklab(62.08% -0.0034 0.121)
OKLCH	oklch(62.08% 0.121 91.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.9605, 23.8691, 4.1568)
Luminance	0.2387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A18316 #1634A1

analogous

#A13D16 #A18316 #79A116

triadic

#A18316 #16A183 #8316A1

tetradic

#A18316 #16A13D #1634A1 #A11679

square

#A18316 #16A13D #1634A1 #A11679

split-complementary

#A18316 #1679A1 #3D16A1

monochromatic

#352B07 #6B570F #A18316 #D7AF1D #E6C54B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#A18316 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.77

#A18316 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A18316

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A18316	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A18316	1.00	3.64	5.77	5.77
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#938100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A1E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF7770

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a18316;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 131, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.121 91.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1a660',
    500: '#a18316',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a18316;
$custom-light: #c1a660;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a18316",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.05,
    "s": 75.956,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62083,
    "c": 0.12105,
    "h": 91.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A18316

secondary

#4B66C8

accent

#5EF335

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F05

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A18316

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

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