#A18517#A18517

#A18517 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.122 H 93.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A18517
RGB	rgb(161, 133, 23)
HSL	hsl(48, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(48, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.4%, 85.7%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.50, 0.16, 56.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.50, 56.90, 89.84°)
OKLab	oklab(62.52% -0.0064 0.1216)
OKLCH	oklch(62.52% 0.122 93)
XYZ	xyz(23.2415, 24.4154, 4.2989)
Luminance	0.2441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A18517 #1733A1

analogous

#A14017 #A18517 #78A117

triadic

#A18517 #17A185 #8517A1

tetradic

#A18517 #17A140 #1733A1 #A11778

square

#A18517 #17A140 #1733A1 #A11778

split-complementary

#A18517 #1778A1 #4017A1

monochromatic

#362D08 #6B590F #A18517 #D7B11F #E6C74D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#A18517 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.88

#A18517 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A18517

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A18517	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A18517	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)

#9C8B20

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF7971

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a18517;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 133, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.122 93.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1a861',
    500: '#a18517',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a18517;
$custom-light: #c1a861;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a18517",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.826,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62515,
    "c": 0.12178,
    "h": 93
  },
  "luminance": 0.24414
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A18517

secondary

#4C65C7

accent

#5CF236

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F05

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A18517

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

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