#A18A36#A18A36

#A18A36 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.106 H 93.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A18A36
RGB	rgb(161, 138, 54)
HSL	hsl(47, 50%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(47, 66%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 66.5%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.06, -1.21, 46.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.06, 46.74, 91.48°)
OKLab	oklab(63.81% -0.007 0.1061)
OKLCH	oklch(63.81% 0.106 93.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.4534, 26.0217, 7.2240)
Luminance	0.2602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A18A36 #364DA1

analogous

#A15536 #A18A36 #82A136

triadic

#A18A36 #36A18A #8A36A1

tetradic

#A18A36 #36A155 #364DA1 #A13682

square

#A18A36 #36A155 #364DA1 #A13682

split-complementary

#A18A36 #3682A1 #5536A1

monochromatic

#453B17 #736327 #A18A36 #C4AB50 #D4C17E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#A18A36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.20

#A18A36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A18A36

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A18A36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A18A36	1.00	3.38	6.20	6.20
#FFFFFF	3.38	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)

#98882C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE8078

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a18a36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 138, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.106 93.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0ab71',
    500: '#a18a36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a18a36;
$custom-light: #c0ab71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a18a36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.103,
    "s": 49.767,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63807,
    "c": 0.10628,
    "h": 93.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A18A36

secondary

#7685BD

accent

#6CD94F

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A18A36

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

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