#A18A20#A18A20

#A18A20 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.121 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A18A20
RGB	rgb(161, 138, 32)
HSL	hsl(49, 67%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(49, 80%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 80.1%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.90, -2.31, 55.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.90, 55.42, 92.39°)
OKLab	oklab(63.64% -0.0126 0.1202)
OKLCH	oklch(63.64% 0.121 96)
XYZ	xyz(24.0484, 25.8597, 5.0910)
Luminance	0.2586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A18A20 #2037A1

analogous

#A14920 #A18A20 #78A120

triadic

#A18A20 #20A18A #8A20A1

tetradic

#A18A20 #20A149 #2037A1 #A12078

square

#A18A20 #20A149 #2037A1 #A12078

split-complementary

#A18A20 #2078A1 #4920A1

monochromatic

#3B320C #6E5E16 #A18A20 #D4B62A #DFC85D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#A18A20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17

#A18A20 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A18A20

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A18A20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A18A20	1.00	3.40	6.17	6.17
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998705

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8E27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE7F76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a18a20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 138, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.121 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1ab65',
    500: '#a18a20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a18a20;
$custom-light: #c1ab65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a18a20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.302,
    "s": 66.839,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63636,
    "c": 0.12085,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.25858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A18A20

secondary

#5A6DC3

accent

#5DEA3E

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A18A20

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

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