#A18B1B#A18B1B

#A18B1B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.124 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A18B1B
RGB	rgb(161, 139, 27)
HSL	hsl(50, 71%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(50, 83%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.7%, 83.2%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.15, -3.03, 57.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.15, 57.24, 93.03°)
OKLab	oklab(63.83% -0.0151 0.123)
OKLCH	oklch(63.83% 0.124 97)
XYZ	xyz(24.1297, 26.1228, 4.8079)
Luminance	0.2612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A18B1B #1B31A1

analogous

#A1481B #A18B1B #74A11B

triadic

#A18B1B #1BA18B #8B1BA1

tetradic

#A18B1B #1BA148 #1B31A1 #A11B74

square

#A18B1B #1BA148 #1B31A1 #A11B74

split-complementary

#A18B1B #1B74A1 #481BA1

monochromatic

#383109 #6D5E12 #A18B1B #D5B824 #E2CB54

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#A18B1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.22

#A18B1B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A18B1B

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A18B1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A18B1B	1.00	3.37	6.22	6.22
#FFFFFF	3.37	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)

#A08F24

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE7F77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a18b1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 139, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.124 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1ac63',
    500: '#a18b1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a18b1b;
$custom-light: #c1ac63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a18b1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.149,
    "s": 71.277,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63827,
    "c": 0.12394,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.26121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A18B1B

secondary

#5265C5

accent

#57EE3A

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A18B1B

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

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