#A18B17#A18B17

#A18B17 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.126 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A18B17
RGB	rgb(161, 139, 23)
HSL	hsl(50, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(50, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.7%, 85.7%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.14, -3.15, 58.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.14, 58.35, 93.09°)
OKLab	oklab(63.81% -0.0158 0.1246)
OKLCH	oklch(63.81% 0.126 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.0866, 26.1055, 4.5806)
Luminance	0.2610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A18B17 #172DA1

analogous

#A14617 #A18B17 #72A117

triadic

#A18B17 #17A18B #8B17A1

tetradic

#A18B17 #17A146 #172DA1 #A11772

square

#A18B17 #17A146 #172DA1 #A11772

split-complementary

#A18B17 #1772A1 #4617A1

monochromatic

#362F08 #6B5D0F #A18B17 #D7B91F #E6CD4D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#A18B17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.22

#A18B17 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A18B17

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A18B17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A18B17	1.00	3.38	6.22	6.22
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8800

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A08F21

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF7F76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a18b17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 139, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.126 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1ac62',
    500: '#a18b17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a18b17;
$custom-light: #c1ac62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a18b17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.435,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63808,
    "c": 0.12561,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A18B17

secondary

#4C60C7

accent

#54F236

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A18B17

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

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