#A18816#A18816

#A18816 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.124 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A18816
RGB	rgb(161, 136, 22)
HSL	hsl(49, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(49, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 86.3%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.31, -1.53, 57.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.31, 57.86, 91.51°)
OKLab	oklab(63.15% -0.0113 0.1235)
OKLCH	oklch(63.15% 0.124 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.6483, 25.2447, 4.3860)
Luminance	0.2524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A18816 #162FA1

analogous

#A14316 #A18816 #74A116

triadic

#A18816 #16A188 #8816A1

tetradic

#A18816 #16A143 #162FA1 #A11674

square

#A18816 #16A143 #162FA1 #A11674

split-complementary

#A18816 #1674A1 #4316A1

monochromatic

#352D07 #6B5B0F #A18816 #D7B51D #E6CA4B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#A18816 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.05

#A18816 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A18816

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A18816	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A18816	1.00	3.47	6.05	6.05
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988500

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8D20

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF7C74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a18816;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 136, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.124 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1aa61',
    500: '#a18816',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a18816;
$custom-light: #c1aa61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a18816",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.209,
    "s": 75.956,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63155,
    "c": 0.12399,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A18816

secondary

#4B61C8

accent

#57F335

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F05

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A18816

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

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