#A18A18#A18A18

#A18A18 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	#A18A18
RGB	rgb(161, 138, 24)
HSL	hsl(50, 74%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(50, 85%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 85.1%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.87, -2.57, 57.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.87, 57.83, 92.55°)
OKLab	oklab(63.6% -0.0141 0.1237)
OKLCH	oklch(63.6% 0.125 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.9526, 25.8213, 4.5864)
Luminance	0.2582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A18A18 #182FA1

analogous

#A14618 #A18A18 #74A118

triadic

#A18A18 #18A18A #8A18A1

tetradic

#A18A18 #18A146 #182FA1 #A11874

square

#A18A18 #18A146 #182FA1 #A11874

split-complementary

#A18A18 #1874A1 #4618A1

monochromatic

#362F08 #6C5C10 #A18A18 #D6B820 #E5CC4F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#A18A18 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#A18A18 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A18A18

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A18A18	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A18A18	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: #a18a18;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 138, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.125 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1ab62',
    500: '#a18a18',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a18a18;
$custom-light: #c1ab62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a18a18",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.927,
    "s": 74.054,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63596,
    "c": 0.12452,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A18A18

secondary

#4E62C7

accent

#56F137

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A18A18

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

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