#A18916#A18916

#A18916 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.125 H 95.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A18916
RGB	rgb(161, 137, 22)
HSL	hsl(50, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(50, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 86.3%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.59, -2.08, 58.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.59, 58.11, 92.05°)
OKLab	oklab(63.37% -0.0128 0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(63.37% 0.125 95.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.7898, 25.5277, 4.4332)
Luminance	0.2553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A18916 #162EA1

analogous

#A14316 #A18916 #73A116

triadic

#A18916 #16A189 #8916A1

tetradic

#A18916 #16A143 #162EA1 #A11673

square

#A18916 #16A143 #162EA1 #A11673

split-complementary

#A18916 #1673A1 #4316A1

monochromatic

#352D07 #6B5B0F #A18916 #D7B71D #E6CC4B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#A18916 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.11

#A18916 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A18916

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A18916	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A18916	1.00	3.44	6.11	6.11
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8E20

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF7D75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a18916;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 137, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.125 95.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1ab61',
    500: '#a18916',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a18916;
$custom-light: #c1ab61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a18916",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.64,
    "s": 75.956,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63371,
    "c": 0.12464,
    "h": 95.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A18916

secondary

#4B60C8

accent

#56F335

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131005

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A18916

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

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