#A18828#A18828

#A18828 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.115 H 93.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A18828
RGB	rgb(161, 136, 40)
HSL	hsl(48, 60%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(48, 75%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 75.2%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.41, -0.87, 52.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.41, 52.01, 90.96°)
OKLab	oklab(63.26% -0.0077 0.1147)
OKLCH	oklch(63.26% 0.115 93.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.8864, 25.3400, 5.6400)
Luminance	0.2534 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A18828 #2841A1

analogous

#A14B28 #A18828 #7EA128

triadic

#A18828 #28A188 #8828A1

tetradic

#A18828 #28A14B #2841A1 #A1287E

square

#A18828 #28A14B #2841A1 #A1287E

split-complementary

#A18828 #287EA1 #4B28A1

monochromatic

#3F3510 #705F1C #A18828 #CEAF39 #DAC36A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#A18828 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.07

#A18828 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A18828

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A18828	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A18828	1.00	3.46	6.07	6.07
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978618

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE7D75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a18828;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 136, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.115 93.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1aa69',
    500: '#a18828',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a18828;
$custom-light: #c1aa69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a18828",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.603,
    "s": 60.199,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63257,
    "c": 0.11494,
    "h": 93.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A18828

secondary

#6578C0

accent

#65E344

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A18828

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

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