#A18018#A18018

#A18018 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.119 H 89.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A18018
RGB	rgb(161, 128, 24)
HSL	hsl(46, 74%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(46, 85%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.5%, 85.1%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.16, 2.97, 55.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.16, 55.57, 86.93°)
OKLab	oklab(61.46% 0.0016 0.1187)
OKLCH	oklch(61.46% 0.119 89.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.5834, 23.0829, 4.1300)
Luminance	0.2308 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A18018 #1839A1

analogous

#A13B18 #A18018 #7EA118

triadic

#A18018 #18A180 #8018A1

tetradic

#A18018 #18A13B #1839A1 #A1187E

square

#A18018 #18A13B #1839A1 #A1187E

split-complementary

#A18018 #187EA1 #3B18A1

monochromatic

#362B08 #6C5610 #A18018 #D6AA20 #E5C14F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#A18018 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.62

#A18018 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A18018

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A18018	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A18018	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: #a18018;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 128, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.119 89.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1a460',
    500: '#a18018',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a18018;
$custom-light: #c1a460;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a18018",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.547,
    "s": 74.054,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61456,
    "c": 0.11872,
    "h": 89.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A18018

secondary

#4E6BC7

accent

#64F137

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F3EB

border

#D1CDC6

text

#130F05

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A18018

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

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