#A18A28#A18A28

#A18A28 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.116 H 95.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A18A28
RGB	rgb(161, 138, 40)
HSL	hsl(49, 60%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(49, 75%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 75.2%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.95, -1.97, 52.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.95, 52.57, 92.15°)
OKLab	oklab(63.69% -0.0109 0.1158)
OKLCH	oklch(63.69% 0.116 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.1707, 25.9086, 5.7348)
Luminance	0.2591 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A18A28 #283FA1

analogous

#A14E28 #A18A28 #7CA128

triadic

#A18A28 #28A18A #8A28A1

tetradic

#A18A28 #28A14E #283FA1 #A1287C

square

#A18A28 #28A14E #283FA1 #A1287C

split-complementary

#A18A28 #287CA1 #4E28A1

monochromatic

#3F3610 #70601C #A18A28 #CEB139 #DAC56A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#A18A28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18

#A18A28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A18A28

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A18A28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A18A28	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)

#998717

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8E2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE7F77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a18a28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 138, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.116 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1ab69',
    500: '#a18a28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a18a28;
$custom-light: #c1ab69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a18a28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.595,
    "s": 60.199,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63688,
    "c": 0.1163,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A18A28

secondary

#6576C0

accent

#63E344

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A18A28

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

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