#A18939#A18939

#A18939 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.103 H 92.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A18939
RGB	rgb(161, 137, 57)
HSL	hsl(46, 48%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(46, 65%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 64.6%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.81, -0.46, 45.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.81, 45.07, 90.58°)
OKLab	oklab(63.62% -0.0045 0.103)
OKLCH	oklch(63.62% 0.103 92.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.3833, 25.7651, 7.5589)
Luminance	0.2576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A18939 #3951A1

analogous

#A15539 #A18939 #85A139

triadic

#A18939 #39A189 #8939A1

tetradic

#A18939 #39A155 #3951A1 #A13985

square

#A18939 #39A155 #3951A1 #A13985

split-complementary

#A18939 #3985A1 #5539A1

monochromatic

#473C19 #746329 #A18939 #C3A955 #D3C082

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#A18939 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#A18939 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A18939

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A18939	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A18939	1.00	3.41	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.41	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)

#978730

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8E3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE7F78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a18939;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 137, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.103 92.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0ab73',
    500: '#a18939',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a18939;
$custom-light: #c0ab73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a18939",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.154,
    "s": 47.706,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63623,
    "c": 0.10311,
    "h": 92.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A18939

secondary

#7989BC

accent

#70D750

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A18939

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

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