#A18A16#A18A16

#A18A16 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.125 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A18A16
RGB	rgb(161, 138, 22)
HSL	hsl(50, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(50, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 86.3%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.86, -2.63, 58.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.86, 58.35, 92.58°)
OKLab	oklab(63.59% -0.0144 0.1245)
OKLCH	oklch(63.59% 0.125 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.9326, 25.8133, 4.4808)
Luminance	0.2581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A18A16 #162DA1

analogous

#A14416 #A18A16 #72A116

triadic

#A18A16 #16A18A #8A16A1

tetradic

#A18A16 #16A144 #162DA1 #A11672

square

#A18A16 #16A144 #162DA1 #A11672

split-complementary

#A18A16 #1672A1 #4416A1

monochromatic

#352E07 #6B5C0F #A18A16 #D7B81D #E6CD4B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#A18A16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#A18A16 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A18A16

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A18A16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A18A16	1.00	3.41	6.16	6.16
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8E20

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF7E76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a18a16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 138, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.125 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1ab61',
    500: '#a18a16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a18a16;
$custom-light: #c1ab61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a18a16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.072,
    "s": 75.956,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63587,
    "c": 0.1253,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A18A16

secondary

#4B60C8

accent

#55F335

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A18A16

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

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