#A18516#A18516

#A18516 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.122 H 93.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A18516
RGB	rgb(161, 133, 22)
HSL	hsl(48, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(48, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.4%, 86.3%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.50, 0.13, 57.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.50, 57.17, 89.87°)
OKLab	oklab(62.51% -0.0066 0.122)
OKLCH	oklch(62.51% 0.122 93.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.2317, 24.4115, 4.2472)
Luminance	0.2441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A18516 #1632A1

analogous

#A14016 #A18516 #77A116

triadic

#A18516 #16A185 #8516A1

tetradic

#A18516 #16A140 #1632A1 #A11677

square

#A18516 #16A140 #1632A1 #A11677

split-complementary

#A18516 #1677A1 #4016A1

monochromatic

#352C07 #6B590F #A18516 #D7B11D #E6C74B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#A18516 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.88

#A18516 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A18516

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A18516	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A18516	1.00	3.57	5.88	5.88
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#958300

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8B1F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF7971

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a18516;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 133, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.122 93.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1a860',
    500: '#a18516',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a18516;
$custom-light: #c1a860;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a18516",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.914,
    "s": 75.956,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6251,
    "c": 0.12217,
    "h": 93.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A18516

secondary

#4B64C8

accent

#5BF335

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F05

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A18516

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

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