#A18618#A18618

#A18618 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.122 H 93.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A18618
RGB	rgb(161, 134, 24)
HSL	hsl(48, 74%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(48, 85%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 85.1%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.78, -0.37, 56.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.78, 56.85, 90.37°)
OKLab	oklab(62.73% -0.0078 0.1217)
OKLCH	oklch(62.73% 0.122 93.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.3893, 24.6946, 4.3986)
Luminance	0.2469 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A18618 #1833A1

analogous

#A14218 #A18618 #78A118

triadic

#A18618 #18A186 #8618A1

tetradic

#A18618 #18A142 #1833A1 #A11878

square

#A18618 #18A142 #1833A1 #A11878

split-complementary

#A18618 #1878A1 #4218A1

monochromatic

#362D08 #6C5A10 #A18618 #D6B220 #E5C74F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#A18618 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.94

#A18618 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A18618

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A18618	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A18618	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)

#9C8C21

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF7A72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a18618;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 134, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.122 93.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1a861',
    500: '#a18618',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a18618;
$custom-light: #c1a861;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a18618",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.175,
    "s": 74.054,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62734,
    "c": 0.12196,
    "h": 93.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24693
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A18618

secondary

#4E66C7

accent

#5CF137

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F05

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A18618

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

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