#A18936#A18936

#A18936 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.106 H 92.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A18936
RGB	rgb(161, 137, 54)
HSL	hsl(47, 50%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(47, 66%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 66.5%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.79, -0.65, 46.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.79, 46.43, 90.81°)
OKLab	oklab(63.59% -0.0054 0.1054)
OKLCH	oklch(63.59% 0.106 92.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.3106, 25.7360, 7.1764)
Luminance	0.2574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A18936 #364EA1

analogous

#A15436 #A18936 #84A136

triadic

#A18936 #36A189 #8936A1

tetradic

#A18936 #36A154 #364EA1 #A13684

square

#A18936 #36A154 #364EA1 #A13684

split-complementary

#A18936 #3684A1 #5436A1

monochromatic

#453B17 #736227 #A18936 #C4AA50 #D4C07E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#A18936 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#A18936 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A18936

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A18936	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A18936	1.00	3.42	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97872C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8E3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE7E77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a18936;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 137, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.106 92.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0ab71',
    500: '#a18936',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a18936;
$custom-light: #c0ab71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a18936",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.542,
    "s": 49.767,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63592,
    "c": 0.10557,
    "h": 92.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A18936

secondary

#7686BD

accent

#6ED94F

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A18936

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

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