#A18A17#A18A17

#A18A17 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.125 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A18A17
RGB	rgb(161, 138, 23)
HSL	hsl(50, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(50, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 85.7%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.86, -2.60, 58.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.86, 58.09, 92.56°)
OKLab	oklab(63.59% -0.0142 0.1241)
OKLCH	oklch(63.59% 0.125 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.9424, 25.8172, 4.5326)
Luminance	0.2582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A18A17 #172EA1

analogous

#A14517 #A18A17 #73A117

triadic

#A18A17 #17A18A #8A17A1

tetradic

#A18A17 #17A145 #172EA1 #A11773

square

#A18A17 #17A145 #172EA1 #A11773

split-complementary

#A18A17 #1773A1 #4517A1

monochromatic

#362E08 #6B5C0F #A18A17 #D7B81F #E6CC4D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#A18A17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#A18A17 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A18A17

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A18A17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A18A17	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)

#9F8E21

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF7E76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a18a17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 138, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.125 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1ab62',
    500: '#a18a17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a18a17;
$custom-light: #c1ab62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a18a17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63592,
    "c": 0.12492,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A18A17

secondary

#4C61C7

accent

#55F236

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A18A17

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

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