#A18B28#A18B28

#A18B28 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.117 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A18B28
RGB	rgb(161, 139, 40)
HSL	hsl(49, 60%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(49, 75%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.7%, 75.2%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.22, -2.52, 52.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.22, 52.85, 92.74°)
OKLab	oklab(63.9% -0.0124 0.1164)
OKLCH	oklch(63.9% 0.117 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.3148, 26.1968, 5.7828)
Luminance	0.2620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A18B28 #283EA1

analogous

#A14F28 #A18B28 #7BA128

triadic

#A18B28 #28A18B #8B28A1

tetradic

#A18B28 #28A14F #283EA1 #A1287B

square

#A18B28 #28A14F #283EA1 #A1287B

split-complementary

#A18B28 #287BA1 #4F28A1

monochromatic

#3F3610 #70611C #A18B28 #CEB339 #DAC56A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#A18B28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.24

#A18B28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A18B28

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A18B28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A18B28	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)

#9A8817

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE8078

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a18b28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 139, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.117 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1ac69',
    500: '#a18b28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a18b28;
$custom-light: #c1ac69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a18b28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.091,
    "s": 60.199,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63904,
    "c": 0.11701,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A18B28

secondary

#6575C0

accent

#61E344

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A18B28

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

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