#A18515#A18515

#A18515 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.123 H 93.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A18515
RGB	rgb(161, 133, 21)
HSL	hsl(48, 77%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(48, 87%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.4%, 87%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.49, 0.11, 57.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.49, 57.43, 89.90°)
OKLab	oklab(62.51% -0.0067 0.1224)
OKLCH	oklch(62.51% 0.123 93.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.2222, 24.4077, 4.1974)
Luminance	0.2441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A18515 #1531A1

analogous

#A13F15 #A18515 #77A115

triadic

#A18515 #15A185 #8515A1

tetradic

#A18515 #15A13F #1531A1 #A11577

square

#A18515 #15A13F #1531A1 #A11577

split-complementary

#A18515 #1577A1 #3F15A1

monochromatic

#352C07 #6B580E #A18515 #D7B21C #E7C849

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#A18515 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.88

#A18515 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A18515

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A18515	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A18515	1.00	3.57	5.88	5.88
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#958300

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8B1E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF7971

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a18515;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 133, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.123 93.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1a860',
    500: '#a18515',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a18515;
$custom-light: #c1a860;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a18515",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 76.923,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62506,
    "c": 0.12254,
    "h": 93.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A18515

secondary

#4963C8

accent

#5BF334

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F05

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A18515

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

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