#A18A21#A18A21

#A18A21 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.120 H 95.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A18A21
RGB	rgb(161, 138, 33)
HSL	hsl(49, 66%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(49, 80%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 79.5%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.91, -2.27, 55.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.91, 55.08, 92.36°)
OKLab	oklab(63.64% -0.0124 0.1197)
OKLCH	oklch(63.64% 0.12 95.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.0622, 25.8652, 5.1636)
Luminance	0.2586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A18A21 #2138A1

analogous

#A14A21 #A18A21 #78A121

triadic

#A18A21 #21A18A #8A21A1

tetradic

#A18A21 #21A14A #2138A1 #A12178

square

#A18A21 #21A14A #2138A1 #A12178

split-complementary

#A18A21 #2178A1 #4A21A1

monochromatic

#3B330C #6E5E17 #A18A21 #D4B52C #DEC75E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#A18A21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17

#A18A21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A18A21

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A18A21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A18A21	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)

#998708

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8E28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE7F76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a18a21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 138, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.120 95.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1ab66',
    500: '#a18a21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a18a21;
$custom-light: #c1ab66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a18a21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.219,
    "s": 65.979,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63642,
    "c": 0.12033,
    "h": 95.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A18A21

secondary

#5B6EC3

accent

#5DE93F

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A18A21

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

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