#A18617#A18617

#A18617 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.122 H 93.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A18617
RGB	rgb(161, 134, 23)
HSL	hsl(48, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(48, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 85.7%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.77, -0.40, 57.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.77, 57.13, 90.40°)
OKLab	oklab(62.73% -0.008 0.1221)
OKLCH	oklch(62.73% 0.122 93.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.3791, 24.6906, 4.3448)
Luminance	0.2469 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A18617 #1732A1

analogous

#A14117 #A18617 #77A117

triadic

#A18617 #17A186 #8617A1

tetradic

#A18617 #17A141 #1732A1 #A11777

square

#A18617 #17A141 #1732A1 #A11777

split-complementary

#A18617 #1777A1 #4117A1

monochromatic

#362D08 #6B590F #A18617 #D7B31F #E6C84D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#A18617 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.94

#A18617 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A18617

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A18617	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A18617	1.00	3.54	5.94	5.94
#FFFFFF	3.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8C20

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF7A72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a18617;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 134, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.122 93.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1a861',
    500: '#a18617',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a18617;
$custom-light: #c1a861;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a18617",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.261,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62729,
    "c": 0.12236,
    "h": 93.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A18617

secondary

#4C64C7

accent

#5BF236

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F05

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A18617

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

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