#A18A32#A18A32

#A18A32 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.109 H 94.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A18A32
RGB	rgb(161, 138, 50)
HSL	hsl(48, 53%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(48, 69%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 68.9%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.02, -1.45, 48.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.02, 48.50, 91.71°)
OKLab	oklab(63.77% -0.0082 0.1091)
OKLCH	oklch(63.77% 0.109 94.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.3633, 25.9856, 6.7494)
Luminance	0.2598 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A18A32 #3249A1

analogous

#A15332 #A18A32 #81A132

triadic

#A18A32 #32A18A #8A32A1

tetradic

#A18A32 #32A153 #3249A1 #A13281

square

#A18A32 #32A153 #3249A1 #A13281

split-complementary

#A18A32 #3281A1 #5332A1

monochromatic

#443A15 #726223 #A18A32 #C7AD4A #D5C278

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#A18A32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.20

#A18A32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A18A32

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A18A32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A18A32	1.00	3.39	6.20	6.20
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988727

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE7F78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a18a32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 138, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.109 94.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0ab6f',
    500: '#a18a32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a18a32;
$custom-light: #c0ab6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a18a32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.568,
    "s": 52.607,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63769,
    "c": 0.1094,
    "h": 94.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A18A32

secondary

#7181BE

accent

#6ADC4C

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A18A32

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

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