#A18B1F#A18B1F
#A18B1F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.122 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #A18B1F |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(161, 139, 31) |
| HSL | hsl(50, 68%, 38%) |
| HSV | hsv(50, 81%, 63%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 13.7%, 80.7%, 36.9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(58.17, -2.89, 55.94) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(58.17, 56.01, 92.96°) |
| OKLab | oklab(63.85% -0.0144 0.1212) |
| OKLCH | oklch(63.85% 0.122 96.8) |
| XYZ | xyz(24.1792, 26.1426, 5.0685) |
| Luminance | 0.2614 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Dark Mustard
#A88905
ΔE00 2.99
Baby Poo
#AB9004
ΔE00 3.13
Diarrhea
#9F8303
ΔE00 3.20
Baby Shit Brown
#AD900D
ΔE00 3.31
Yellowy Brown
#AE8B0C
ΔE00 4.10
Brown Yellow
#B29705
ΔE00 5.07
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#A18B1F #1F35A1
analogous
#A14A1F #A18B1F #76A11F
triadic
#A18B1F #1FA18B #8B1FA1
tetradic
#A18B1F #1FA14A #1F35A1 #A11F76
square
#A18B1F #1FA14A #1F35A1 #A11F76
split-complementary
#A18B1F #1F76A1 #4A1FA1
monochromatic
#3A320B #6E5F15 #A18B1F #D4B729 #DFC95B
Accessibility & contrast
On white
3.37
#A18B1F on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗
On black
6.23
#A18B1F on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗
Best text color
#000000 on #A18B1F
6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##A18B1F | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##A18B1F | 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)
#9A8802
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A08F27
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#AE8077
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8C8C8C
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #a18b1f; /* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 139, 31); /* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.122 96.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c1ac65',
500: '#a18b1f',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #a18b1f; $custom-light: #c1ac65; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#a18b1f",
"rgb": {
"r": 161,
"g": 139,
"b": 31
},
"hsl": {
"h": 49.846,
"s": 67.708,
"l": 37.647
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.63847,
"c": 0.12205,
"h": 96.8
},
"luminance": 0.26141
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#A18B1F
secondary
#586AC4
accent
#5BEB3D
background
#FCFAF6
surface
#F8F4EB
border
#D1CEC6
text
#131006
muted
#827F7A