#A19E1B#A19E1B
#A19E1B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.140 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #A19E1B |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(161, 158, 27) |
| HSL | hsl(59, 71%, 37%) |
| HSV | hsv(59, 83%, 63%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 1.9%, 83.2%, 36.9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(63.43, -13.20, 61.68) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(63.43, 63.08, 102.08°) |
| OKLab | oklab(68.03% -0.0436 0.1328) |
| OKLCH | oklch(68.03% 0.14 108.2) |
| XYZ | xyz(27.1238, 32.1109, 5.8059) |
| Luminance | 0.3211 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Vomit
#A2A415
ΔE00 2.09
Puke
#A5A502
ΔE00 2.55
Pea Soup
#929901
ΔE00 3.38
Baby Poop Green
#8F9805
ΔE00 4.04
Pea Soup Green
#94A617
ΔE00 5.27
Baby Shit Green
#889717
ΔE00 5.84
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#A19E1B #1B1EA1
analogous
#A15B1B #A19E1B #61A11B
triadic
#A19E1B #1BA19E #9E1BA1
tetradic
#A19E1B #1BA15B #1B1EA1 #A11B61
square
#A19E1B #1BA15B #1B1EA1 #A11B61
split-complementary
#A19E1B #1B61A1 #5B1BA1
monochromatic
#383709 #6D6B12 #A19E1B #D5D124 #E2DF54
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.83
#A19E1B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
7.42
#A19E1B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #A19E1B
7.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##A19E1B | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##A19E1B | 1.00 | 2.83 | 7.42 | 7.42 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.83 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 7.42 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 7.42 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#AC9700
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#AE9C28
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#AD9387
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9A9A9A
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #a19e1b; /* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 158, 27); /* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.140 108.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c1ba66',
500: '#a19e1b',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #a19e1b; $custom-light: #c1ba66; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#a19e1b",
"rgb": {
"r": 161,
"g": 158,
"b": 27
},
"hsl": {
"h": 58.657,
"s": 71.277,
"l": 36.863
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.68026,
"c": 0.13981,
"h": 108.2
},
"luminance": 0.3211
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#A19E1B
secondary
#5255C5
accent
#3EEE3A
background
#FCFBF6
surface
#F8F6EB
border
#D1D0C6
text
#131106
muted
#82807A