#A18915#A18915

#A18915 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.125 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A18915
RGB	rgb(161, 137, 21)
HSL	hsl(50, 77%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(50, 87%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 87%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.58, -2.10, 58.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.58, 58.36, 92.07°)
OKLab	oklab(63.37% -0.013 0.1243)
OKLCH	oklch(63.37% 0.125 96)
XYZ	xyz(23.7803, 25.5239, 4.3834)
Luminance	0.2552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A18915 #152DA1

analogous

#A14315 #A18915 #73A115

triadic

#A18915 #15A189 #8915A1

tetradic

#A18915 #15A143 #152DA1 #A11573

square

#A18915 #15A143 #152DA1 #A11573

split-complementary

#A18915 #1573A1 #4315A1

monochromatic

#352D07 #6B5B0E #A18915 #D7B71C #E7CC49

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#A18915 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.10

#A18915 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A18915

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A18915	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A18915	1.00	3.44	6.10	6.10
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8D1F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF7D75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a18915;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 137, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.125 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1ab61',
    500: '#a18915',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a18915;
$custom-light: #c1ab61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a18915",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.714,
    "s": 76.923,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63367,
    "c": 0.12501,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.25523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A18915

secondary

#495FC8

accent

#55F334

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131005

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A18915

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

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