#A18716#A18716

#A18716 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.123 H 94.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A18716
RGB	rgb(161, 135, 22)
HSL	hsl(49, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(49, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.1%, 86.3%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.04, -0.98, 57.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.04, 57.63, 90.97°)
OKLab	oklab(62.94% -0.0097 0.123)
OKLCH	oklch(62.94% 0.123 94.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.5081, 24.9644, 4.3393)
Luminance	0.2496 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A18716 #1630A1

analogous

#A14116 #A18716 #75A116

triadic

#A18716 #16A187 #8716A1

tetradic

#A18716 #16A141 #1630A1 #A11675

square

#A18716 #16A141 #1630A1 #A11675

split-complementary

#A18716 #1675A1 #4116A1

monochromatic

#352D07 #6B5A0F #A18716 #D7B41D #E6C94B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#A18716 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.99

#A18716 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A18716

5.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A18716	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A18716	1.00	3.50	5.99	5.99
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8C1F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF7B73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a18716;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 135, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.123 94.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1a961',
    500: '#a18716',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a18716;
$custom-light: #c1a961;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a18716",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.777,
    "s": 75.956,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6294,
    "c": 0.12336,
    "h": 94.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A18716

secondary

#4B62C8

accent

#59F335

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F05

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A18716

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

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