#A18A27#A18A27

#A18A27 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.117 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A18A27
RGB	rgb(161, 138, 39)
HSL	hsl(49, 61%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(49, 76%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 75.8%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.94, -2.02, 52.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.94, 52.95, 92.19°)
OKLab	oklab(63.68% -0.0111 0.1164)
OKLCH	oklch(63.68% 0.117 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.1539, 25.9018, 5.6464)
Luminance	0.2590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A18A27 #273EA1

analogous

#A14D27 #A18A27 #7BA127

triadic

#A18A27 #27A18A #8A27A1

tetradic

#A18A27 #27A14D #273EA1 #A1277B

square

#A18A27 #27A14D #273EA1 #A1277B

split-complementary

#A18A27 #277BA1 #4D27A1

monochromatic

#3E360F #70601B #A18A27 #CEB237 #DAC568

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#A18A27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18

#A18A27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A18A27

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A18A27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A18A27	1.00	3.40	6.18	6.18
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998715

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8E2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE7F77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a18a27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 138, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.117 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1ab69',
    500: '#a18a27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a18a27;
$custom-light: #c1ab69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a18a27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.689,
    "s": 61,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63681,
    "c": 0.11692,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A18A27

secondary

#6375C0

accent

#62E444

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A18A27

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

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