#A18B31#A18B31

#A18B31 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.111 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A18B31
RGB	rgb(161, 139, 49)
HSL	hsl(48, 53%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(48, 70%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.7%, 69.6%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.29, -2.06, 49.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.29, 49.23, 92.40°)
OKLab	oklab(63.98% -0.0101 0.1104)
OKLCH	oklch(63.98% 0.111 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.4861, 26.2653, 6.6851)
Luminance	0.2626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A18B31 #3147A1

analogous

#A15331 #A18B31 #7FA131

triadic

#A18B31 #31A18B #8B31A1

tetradic

#A18B31 #31A153 #3147A1 #A1317F

square

#A18B31 #31A153 #3147A1 #A1317F

split-complementary

#A18B31 #317FA1 #5331A1

monochromatic

#433A14 #726223 #A18B31 #C7AE48 #D6C377

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#A18B31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.25

#A18B31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A18B31

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A18B31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A18B31	1.00	3.36	6.25	6.25
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998825

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE8079

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a18b31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 139, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.111 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0ac6e',
    500: '#a18b31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a18b31;
$custom-light: #c0ac6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a18b31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.214,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63976,
    "c": 0.11087,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A18B31

secondary

#707FBE

accent

#68DD4B

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A18B31

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

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