Tailwind CSS v3 color

Tailwind yellow-700 #A16207

Tailwind CSS v3's yellow-700 is #A16207. It is a soft orange in the brown family. In OKLCH it sits at lightness 0.554, chroma 0.121 and hue 66.4°. The nearest CSS named color is saddlebrown (#8B4513), ΔE2000 12.3 away.

Relative luminance
0.1633
OKLCH L · C · h
0.554 · 0.121 · 66.4
Best text
White 4.92:1
Hue family
Brown
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#A16207 color codes

HEX
#A16207
RGB
rgb(161, 98, 7)
HSL
hsl(35, 92%, 33%)
OKLCH
oklch(0.554 0.121 66.4)
OKLab
oklab(0.554 0.048 0.111)
CIELAB (D65)
L* 47.40, a* 19.60, b* 53.66
XYZ (D65)
X 19.11, Y 16.33, Z 2.35
CMYK (naive)
cmyk(0%, 39%, 96%, 37%)

CIELAB and XYZ use the D65 white point; CSS lab() uses D50, so paste the OKLCH or HEX value into stylesheets. CMYK here is a plain formula with no press profile.

Legibility

Contrast: is #A16207 accessible?

White text on it reaches 4.92:1, passing AA. Black text manages only 4.26:1, enough for large text only.

WCAG 2 gives the same ratio whichever color is the text; APCA does not, so its Lc changes sign and size with polarity.

Open the Contrast System

  • Black text on it

    4.26:1

    • AA fails
    • AA large passes
    • AAA fails
    • APCA Lc +30

  • White text on it

    4.92:1

    • AA passes
    • AA large passes
    • AAA fails
    • APCA Lc −79

  • As text on black

    4.26:1

    • AA fails
    • AA large passes
    • AAA fails
    • APCA Lc −27

  • As text on white

    4.92:1

    • AA passes
    • AA large passes
    • AAA fails
    • APCA Lc +73

Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1

  • For text on white

    #A16207 4.92:1

    It already reaches 4.92:1 on white, so no change is needed.

  • For text on black

    #A66611 4.53:1

    Lightening its OKLCH lightness from 0.55 to 0.57 reaches 4.53:1 on black, keeping the hue.

    Compare both in the Contrast System

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Studio

Adjust #A16207 live

Move lightness, chroma and hue in OKLCH, or drag on the map. The map is every lightness and chroma at the current hue: sRGB inside the solid area, Display P3 out to the dashed line.

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Scale

Shades and tints of #A16207

Eleven OKLCH lightness steps at this hue, each with its contrast against white and black. #A16207 sits at step 600.

  1. 50#FFF3E7
    White
    1.09
    Black
    19.22
  2. 100#FFE6CF
    White
    1.20
    Black
    17.47
  3. 200#FFCD9A
    White
    1.45
    Black
    14.45
  4. 300#EFAF6B
    White
    1.90
    Black
    11.01
  5. 400#D3924A
    White
    2.63
    Black
    7.98
  6. 500#B67628
    White
    3.74
    Black
    5.61
  7. 600This color#A16207
    White
    4.92
    Black
    4.26
  8. 700#7D4A00
    White
    7.36
    Black
    2.85
  9. 800#5C3500
    White
    10.69
    Black
    1.96
  10. 900#3D2100
    White
    14.83
    Black
    1.41
  11. 950#231100
    White
    18.23
    Black
    1.15

Under each step, white and black text on it; a bold figure passes 4.5:1.

Tailwind CSS v3 yellow scale

The real Tailwind palette, for comparison with the computed ramp above.

  1. 50#FEFCE8
    White
    1.03
    Black
    20.30
  2. 100#FEF9C3
    White
    1.07
    Black
    19.55
  3. 200#FEF08A
    White
    1.16
    Black
    18.04
  4. 300#FDE047
    White
    1.31
    Black
    15.92
  5. 400#FACC15
    White
    1.53
    Black
    13.71
  6. 500#EAB308
    White
    1.91
    Black
    10.95
  7. 600#CA8A04
    White
    2.93
    Black
    7.14
  8. 700This color#A16207
    White
    4.92
    Black
    4.26
  9. 800#854D0E
    White
    6.85
    Black
    3.06
  10. 900#713F12
    White
    8.67
    Black
    2.42
  11. 950#422006
    White
    14.57
    Black
    1.44

Gamut

How vivid #A16207 can get

At its lightness and hue, sRGB reaches OKLCH chroma 0.123; #A16207 uses 98% of it. Display P3, which many recent phones and laptops show, reaches 0.141 there: 15% more.

0.00.20.40.60.80.20.40.60.8 460480500520540560580600620
  • sRGB
  • Display P3
  • Rec. 2020
  • Dominant wavelength
OKLCH chroma
0.121
sRGB edge
0.123
Display P3 edge
0.141
Rec. 2020 edge
0.143
Dominant wavelength
585 nm
Excitation purity
83%
Chromaticity
x 0.5057, y 0.4322
  • This color#A16207
  • Most vivid in sRGB#A26200
  • Most vivid in Display P3oklch(0.554 0.141 66.4)

On a screen without Display P3 the last tile shows the sRGB edge instead.

Use the wider color where screens show it
.accent {
  color: #a16207;
}
@media (color-gamut: p3) {
  .accent { color: color(display-p3 0.6195 0.3823 0); }
}

Mixing

Mixing #A16207

Each row is the same mix worked out in a different space, with the halfway color at its end. sRGB, which older CSS gradients use, can sag gray or dark in the middle; OKLab keeps the lightness steps even; OKLCH holds chroma and hue as it goes.

White #FFFFFF

  • sRGB50%#D0B183
  • OKLab50%#D1AF8E
  • OKLCH50%#D1AF8E

Black #000000

  • sRGB50%#513104
  • OKLab50%#3C2101
  • OKLCH50%#3C2101

Its complement #2A78B5

  • sRGB50%#666D5E
  • OKLab50%#737373
  • OKLCH50%#218754
In CSS
/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #a16207, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #a16207 50%, white);

In use

#A16207 in an interface

A button, a link, a heading, a focused field, an icon and a chart line in this color, on a light page and a dark one. Each check is a WCAG 2 contrast minimum: 1.4.3 for text, 1.4.11 for the rest.

Light page

  • Button labelText, 4.5:14.92:1 Passes
  • Link and body-size textText, 4.5:14.92:1 Passes
  • Large headingLarge text, 3:14.92:1 Passes
  • Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:14.92:1 Passes

Dark page

  • Button labelText, 4.5:14.92:1 Passes
  • Link and body-size textText, 4.5:13.80:1 Fails
  • Large headingLarge text, 3:13.80:1 Passes
  • Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:13.80:1 Passes

For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #AE6E1D 4.50:1

Color vision

How #A16207 looks with color blindness

Tritanopia changes it most, ΔE2000 25.2; protanopia changes it least, 16.3.

Simulated with Machado et al. (2009) at full severity, in linear light.

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  • Protanopia

    No working red (long-wavelength) cones

    #766800 ΔE2000 16.3

    Distinct

    Reads as soft yellow

  • Deuteranopia

    No working green (medium-wavelength) cones

    #85760A ΔE2000 16.5

    Distinct

    Reads as soft yellow

  • Tritanopia

    No working blue (short-wavelength) cones

    #B15353 ΔE2000 25.2

    Distinct

    Reads as soft red

  • Achromatopsia

    No cone color vision; lightness only

    #707070 ΔE2000 25.1

    Distinct

    Reads as gray

Pairing check

Checked against its complement, #2A78B5. Their lightness contrast is only 1.04:1, so where hue collapses, add a label, icon or pattern.

VisionThe pairΔE2000Verdict
Normal vision#A16207 · #2A78B546.2Stays distinct
Protanopia#766800 · #5C7AB849.3Stays distinct
Deuteranopia#85760A · #486EB451.7Stays distinct
Tritanopia#B15353 · #00878E47.6Stays distinct
Achromatopsia#707070 · #7373731.2Easily confused

Harmony

Color harmonies for #A16207

Its complement is #2A78B5, a soft blue, on the cool side of the wheel.

Hue rotations in OKLCH, mapped into sRGB by trimming chroma so hue and lightness stay put.

Open the Harmony Studio
  • Base#A16207
  • Complement#2A78B5

Complementary

Open in Harmony Studio
  • −30°#AD563D
  • Base#A16207
  • +30°#867200

Analogous

Open in Harmony Studio
  • Base#A16207
  • +120°#00857C
  • +240°#855EAA

Triadic

Open in Harmony Studio
  • Base#A16207
  • +150°#008098
  • +210°#616AB8

Split-complementary

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Code

Design tokens

Ready-to-paste tokens in six formats. Rename them to fit your system.

CSS custom property

:root {
  --color-yellow-700: #a16207;
}

Tailwind config

// tailwind.config.js — already built in as yellow-700;
// pin the v3 value explicitly like this:
module.exports = {
  theme: {
    extend: {
      colors: {
        yellow: { 700: '#a16207' },
      },
    },
  },
};

Tailwind v4 theme

/* app.css — Tailwind CSS v4 */
@import "tailwindcss";

@theme {
  /* v4 has its own yellow-700; this pins the v3 value. */
  --color-yellow-700: oklch(0.554 0.121 66.4);
}

Design token (W3C DTCG)

{
  "color": {
    "yellow-700": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [0.6314, 0.3843, 0.0275],
        "hex": "#a16207"
      },
      "$description": "Tailwind CSS v3 yellow-700"
    }
  }
}

SwiftUI color

import SwiftUI

enum Palette {
    static let yellow700 = Color(.sRGB, red: 0.631, green: 0.384, blue: 0.027, opacity: 1)
}

Jetpack Compose color

import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color

object Palette {
    val Yellow700 = Color(0xFFA16207)
}

Matches

The nearest match in each system

The closest CSS name, Tailwind shade, RAL Classic paint and Crayola crayon by ΔE2000; under 2 is hard to tell apart side by side. RAL and Crayola values approximate physical colors.

Neighbors

The eight nearest colors on this site by ΔE2000, closest first. Under 2 is hard to tell apart side by side.

Tools

Open #A16207 in the tools

Each opens over this page. More colors live in the Color Library, and every color page is listed on the hub.