#A18616#A18616

#A18616 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.123 H 93.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A18616
RGB	rgb(161, 134, 22)
HSL	hsl(48, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(48, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 86.3%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.77, -0.42, 57.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.77, 57.39, 90.42°)
OKLab	oklab(62.72% -0.0082 0.1225)
OKLCH	oklch(62.72% 0.123 93.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.3692, 24.6866, 4.2930)
Luminance	0.2469 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A18616 #1631A1

analogous

#A14016 #A18616 #76A116

triadic

#A18616 #16A186 #8616A1

tetradic

#A18616 #16A140 #1631A1 #A11676

square

#A18616 #16A140 #1631A1 #A11676

split-complementary

#A18616 #1676A1 #4016A1

monochromatic

#352C07 #6B590F #A18616 #D7B31D #E6C84B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#A18616 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.94

#A18616 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A18616

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A18616	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A18616	1.00	3.54	5.94	5.94
#FFFFFF	3.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8C1F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF7A72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a18616;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 134, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.123 93.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1a861',
    500: '#a18616',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a18616;
$custom-light: #c1a861;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a18616",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.345,
    "s": 75.956,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62725,
    "c": 0.12275,
    "h": 93.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A18616

secondary

#4B63C8

accent

#5AF335

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F05

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A18616

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

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