#A18A15#A18A15

#A18A15 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.126 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A18A15
RGB	rgb(161, 138, 21)
HSL	hsl(50, 77%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(50, 87%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 87%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.86, -2.65, 58.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.86, 58.60, 92.59°)
OKLab	oklab(63.58% -0.0145 0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(63.58% 0.126 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.9231, 25.8095, 4.4310)
Luminance	0.2581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A18A15 #152CA1

analogous

#A14415 #A18A15 #72A115

triadic

#A18A15 #15A18A #8A15A1

tetradic

#A18A15 #15A144 #152CA1 #A11572

square

#A18A15 #15A144 #152CA1 #A11572

split-complementary

#A18A15 #1572A1 #4415A1

monochromatic

#352D07 #6B5C0E #A18A15 #D7B81C #E7CD49

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#A18A15 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#A18A15 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A18A15

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A18A15	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A18A15	1.00	3.41	6.16	6.16
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8E1F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF7E76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a18a15;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 138, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.126 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1ab61',
    500: '#a18a15',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a18a15;
$custom-light: #c1ab61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a18a15",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.143,
    "s": 76.923,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63583,
    "c": 0.12567,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A18A15

secondary

#495EC8

accent

#54F334

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131005

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A18A15

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

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