#A18B18#A18B18

#A18B18 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.125 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A18B18
RGB	rgb(161, 139, 24)
HSL	hsl(50, 74%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(50, 85%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.7%, 85.1%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.14, -3.12, 58.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.14, 58.08, 93.08°)
OKLab	oklab(63.81% -0.0156 0.1242)
OKLCH	oklch(63.81% 0.125 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.0968, 26.1096, 4.6344)
Luminance	0.2611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A18B18 #182EA1

analogous

#A14718 #A18B18 #73A118

triadic

#A18B18 #18A18B #8B18A1

tetradic

#A18B18 #18A147 #182EA1 #A11873

square

#A18B18 #18A147 #182EA1 #A11873

split-complementary

#A18B18 #1873A1 #4718A1

monochromatic

#362F08 #6C5D10 #A18B18 #D6B920 #E5CD4F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#A18B18 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.22

#A18B18 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A18B18

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A18B18	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A18B18	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)

#A08F22

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF7F77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a18b18;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 139, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.125 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1ac62',
    500: '#a18b18',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a18b18;
$custom-light: #c1ac62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a18b18",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.365,
    "s": 74.054,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63813,
    "c": 0.12521,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26108
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A18B18

secondary

#4E61C7

accent

#55F137

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A18B18

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

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