#A18B27#A18B27

#A18B27 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.118 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A18B27
RGB	rgb(161, 139, 39)
HSL	hsl(49, 61%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(49, 76%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.7%, 75.8%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.22, -2.57, 53.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.22, 53.23, 92.77°)
OKLab	oklab(63.9% -0.0127 0.1169)
OKLCH	oklch(63.9% 0.118 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.2980, 26.1901, 5.6944)
Luminance	0.2619 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A18B27 #273DA1

analogous

#A14E27 #A18B27 #7AA127

triadic

#A18B27 #27A18B #8B27A1

tetradic

#A18B27 #27A14E #273DA1 #A1277A

square

#A18B27 #27A14E #273DA1 #A1277A

split-complementary

#A18B27 #277AA1 #4E27A1

monochromatic

#3E360F #70601B #A18B27 #CEB337 #DAC668

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#A18B27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.24

#A18B27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A18B27

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A18B27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A18B27	1.00	3.37	6.24	6.24
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8815

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE8078

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a18b27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 139, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.118 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1ac69',
    500: '#a18b27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a18b27;
$custom-light: #c1ac69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a18b27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.18,
    "s": 61,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63897,
    "c": 0.11762,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A18B27

secondary

#6374C0

accent

#61E444

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A18B27

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

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