#A18917#A18917

#A18917 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.124 H 95.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A18917
RGB	rgb(161, 137, 23)
HSL	hsl(50, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(50, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 85.7%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.59, -2.05, 57.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.59, 57.84, 92.03°)
OKLab	oklab(63.38% -0.0127 0.1236)
OKLCH	oklch(63.38% 0.124 95.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.7996, 25.5316, 4.4850)
Luminance	0.2553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A18917 #172FA1

analogous

#A14417 #A18917 #74A117

triadic

#A18917 #17A189 #8917A1

tetradic

#A18917 #17A144 #172FA1 #A11774

square

#A18917 #17A144 #172FA1 #A11774

split-complementary

#A18917 #1774A1 #4417A1

monochromatic

#362E08 #6B5B0F #A18917 #D7B71F #E6CB4D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#A18917 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.11

#A18917 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A18917

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A18917	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A18917	1.00	3.44	6.11	6.11
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E21

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF7D75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a18917;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 137, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.124 95.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1ab61',
    500: '#a18917',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a18917;
$custom-light: #c1ab61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a18917",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.565,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63375,
    "c": 0.12425,
    "h": 95.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A18917

secondary

#4C62C7

accent

#57F236

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A18917

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

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