#A18918#A18918

#A18918 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.124 H 95.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A18918
RGB	rgb(161, 137, 24)
HSL	hsl(49, 74%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(49, 85%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 85.1%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.59, -2.02, 57.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.59, 57.57, 92.01°)
OKLab	oklab(63.38% -0.0125 0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(63.38% 0.124 95.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.8098, 25.5357, 4.5388)
Luminance	0.2553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A18918 #1830A1

analogous

#A14518 #A18918 #75A118

triadic

#A18918 #18A189 #8918A1

tetradic

#A18918 #18A145 #1830A1 #A11875

square

#A18918 #18A145 #1830A1 #A11875

split-complementary

#A18918 #1875A1 #4518A1

monochromatic

#362E08 #6C5C10 #A18918 #D6B620 #E5CA4F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#A18918 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.11

#A18918 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A18918

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A18918	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A18918	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: #a18918;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 137, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.124 95.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1ab62',
    500: '#a18918',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a18918;
$custom-light: #c1ab62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a18918",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.489,
    "s": 74.054,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63379,
    "c": 0.12386,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25534
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A18918

secondary

#4E63C7

accent

#58F137

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A18918

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

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