#A18B22#A18B22

#A18B22 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.120 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A18B22
RGB	rgb(161, 139, 34)
HSL	hsl(50, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(50, 79%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.7%, 78.9%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.19, -2.78, 54.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.19, 55.02, 92.90°)
OKLab	oklab(63.87% -0.0138 0.1197)
OKLCH	oklch(63.87% 0.121 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.2206, 26.1591, 5.2865)
Luminance	0.2616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A18B22 #2238A1

analogous

#A14B22 #A18B22 #77A122

triadic

#A18B22 #22A18B #8B22A1

tetradic

#A18B22 #22A14B #2238A1 #A12277

square

#A18B22 #22A14B #2238A1 #A12277

split-complementary

#A18B22 #2277A1 #4B22A1

monochromatic

#3C340D #6E5F17 #A18B22 #D3B62D #DDC860

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#A18B22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.23

#A18B22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A18B22

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A18B22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A18B22	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)

#9A880A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A08F29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE8077

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a18b22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 139, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.120 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1ac66',
    500: '#a18b22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a18b22;
$custom-light: #c1ac66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a18b22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.606,
    "s": 65.128,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63865,
    "c": 0.1205,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A18B22

secondary

#5D6EC2

accent

#5DE840

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A18B22

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

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