#A18818#A18818

#A18818 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.123 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A18818
RGB	rgb(161, 136, 24)
HSL	hsl(49, 74%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(49, 85%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 85.1%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.32, -1.47, 57.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.32, 57.33, 91.47°)
OKLab	oklab(63.16% -0.011 0.1227)
OKLCH	oklch(63.16% 0.123 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.6683, 25.2527, 4.4916)
Luminance	0.2525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A18818 #1831A1

analogous

#A14418 #A18818 #76A118

triadic

#A18818 #18A188 #8818A1

tetradic

#A18818 #18A144 #1831A1 #A11876

square

#A18818 #18A144 #1831A1 #A11876

split-complementary

#A18818 #1876A1 #4418A1

monochromatic

#362E08 #6C5B10 #A18818 #D6B520 #E5C94F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#A18818 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.05

#A18818 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A18818

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A18818	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A18818	1.00	3.47	6.05	6.05
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978500

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8D21

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF7C74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a18818;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 136, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.123 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1aa62',
    500: '#a18818',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a18818;
$custom-light: #c1aa62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a18818",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.051,
    "s": 74.054,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63164,
    "c": 0.12321,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A18818

secondary

#4E64C7

accent

#59F137

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A18818

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

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