#A18518#A18518

#A18518 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.121 H 93.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A18518
RGB	rgb(161, 133, 24)
HSL	hsl(48, 74%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(48, 85%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.4%, 85.1%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.51, 0.19, 56.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.51, 56.62, 89.81°)
OKLab	oklab(62.52% -0.0063 0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(62.52% 0.121 93)
XYZ	xyz(23.2517, 24.4195, 4.3527)
Luminance	0.2442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A18518 #1834A1

analogous

#A14118 #A18518 #79A118

triadic

#A18518 #18A185 #8518A1

tetradic

#A18518 #18A141 #1834A1 #A11879

square

#A18518 #18A141 #1834A1 #A11879

split-complementary

#A18518 #1879A1 #4118A1

monochromatic

#362D08 #6C5910 #A18518 #D6B120 #E5C64F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#A18518 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.88

#A18518 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A18518

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A18518	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A18518	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: #a18518;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 133, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.121 93.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1a861',
    500: '#a18518',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a18518;
$custom-light: #c1a861;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a18518",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.737,
    "s": 74.054,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62519,
    "c": 0.12137,
    "h": 93
  },
  "luminance": 0.24418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A18518

secondary

#4E67C7

accent

#5DF137

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F05

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A18518

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

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