#A18017#A18017

#A18017 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.119 H 89.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A18017
RGB	rgb(161, 128, 23)
HSL	hsl(46, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(46, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.5%, 85.7%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.15, 2.94, 55.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.15, 55.85, 86.98°)
OKLab	oklab(61.45% 0.0015 0.1191)
OKLCH	oklch(61.45% 0.119 89.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.5732, 23.0788, 4.0762)
Luminance	0.2308 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A18017 #1738A1

analogous

#A13B17 #A18017 #7DA117

triadic

#A18017 #17A180 #8017A1

tetradic

#A18017 #17A13B #1738A1 #A1177D

square

#A18017 #17A13B #1738A1 #A1177D

split-complementary

#A18017 #177DA1 #3B17A1

monochromatic

#362B08 #6B550F #A18017 #D7AB1F #E6C14D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#A18017 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.62

#A18017 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A18017

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A18017	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A18017	1.00	3.74	5.62	5.62
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#907F00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98881F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF746D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a18017;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 128, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.119 89.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1a460',
    500: '#a18017',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a18017;
$custom-light: #c1a460;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a18017",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.652,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61452,
    "c": 0.11913,
    "h": 89.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A18017

secondary

#4C6AC7

accent

#63F236

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F3EB

border

#D1CDC6

text

#130F05

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A18017

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

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