#A18015#A18015

#A18015 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.120 H 89.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A18015
RGB	rgb(161, 128, 21)
HSL	hsl(46, 77%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(46, 87%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.5%, 87%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.15, 2.89, 56.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.15, 56.39, 87.06°)
OKLab	oklab(61.44% 0.0011 0.1199)
OKLCH	oklch(61.44% 0.12 89.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.5539, 23.0711, 3.9746)
Luminance	0.2307 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A18015 #1536A1

analogous

#A13A15 #A18015 #7CA115

triadic

#A18015 #15A180 #8015A1

tetradic

#A18015 #15A13A #1536A1 #A1157C

square

#A18015 #15A13A #1536A1 #A1157C

split-complementary

#A18015 #157CA1 #3A15A1

monochromatic

#352A07 #6B550E #A18015 #D7AB1C #E7C249

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#A18015 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.61

#A18015 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A18015

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A18015	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A18015	1.00	3.74	5.61	5.61
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#907F00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98881D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF746D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a18015;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 128, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.120 89.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2a45f',
    500: '#a18015',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a18015;
$custom-light: #c2a45f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a18015",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.857,
    "s": 76.923,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61443,
    "c": 0.11991,
    "h": 89.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A18015

secondary

#4967C8

accent

#61F334

background

#FCFAF5

surface

#F8F3EA

border

#D1CDC6

text

#130F05

muted

#827F79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A18015

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

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