#A18A23#A18A23

#A18A23 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.119 H 95.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A18A23
RGB	rgb(161, 138, 35)
HSL	hsl(49, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(49, 78%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 78.3%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.92, -2.19, 54.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.92, 54.40, 92.31°)
OKLab	oklab(63.65% -0.012 0.1186)
OKLCH	oklch(63.65% 0.119 95.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.0911, 25.8767, 5.3156)
Luminance	0.2587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A18A23 #233AA1

analogous

#A14B23 #A18A23 #79A123

triadic

#A18A23 #23A18A #8A23A1

tetradic

#A18A23 #23A14B #233AA1 #A12379

square

#A18A23 #23A14B #233AA1 #A12379

split-complementary

#A18A23 #2379A1 #4B23A1

monochromatic

#3C340D #6F5F18 #A18A23 #D2B42F #DDC662

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#A18A23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17

#A18A23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A18A23

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A18A23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A18A23	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)

#99870D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8E2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE7F76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a18a23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 138, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.119 95.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1ab67',
    500: '#a18a23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a18a23;
$custom-light: #c1ab67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a18a23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.048,
    "s": 64.286,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63654,
    "c": 0.11925,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A18A23

secondary

#5E70C2

accent

#5FE741

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A18A23

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

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