#A18B1E#A18B1E

#A18B1E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.123 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A18B1E
RGB	rgb(161, 139, 30)
HSL	hsl(50, 69%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(50, 81%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.7%, 81.4%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.17, -2.93, 56.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.17, 56.33, 92.98°)
OKLab	oklab(63.84% -0.0146 0.1217)
OKLCH	oklch(63.84% 0.123 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.1662, 26.1374, 5.0002)
Luminance	0.2614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A18B1E #1E34A1

analogous

#A14A1E #A18B1E #75A11E

triadic

#A18B1E #1EA18B #8B1EA1

tetradic

#A18B1E #1EA14A #1E34A1 #A11E75

square

#A18B1E #1EA14A #1E34A1 #A11E75

split-complementary

#A18B1E #1E75A1 #4A1EA1

monochromatic

#3A320B #6D5E14 #A18B1E #D5B828 #E0C959

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#A18B1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.23

#A18B1E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A18B1E

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A18B1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A18B1E	1.00	3.37	6.23	6.23
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8800

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A08F26

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE8077

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a18b1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 139, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.123 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1ac64',
    500: '#a18b1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a18b1e;
$custom-light: #c1ac64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a18b1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.924,
    "s": 68.586,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63842,
    "c": 0.12255,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A18B1E

secondary

#5769C4

accent

#5AEB3C

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A18B1E

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

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