#A18C18#A18C18

#A18C18 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.126 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A18C18
RGB	rgb(161, 140, 24)
HSL	hsl(51, 74%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(51, 85%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 85.1%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.42, -3.67, 58.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.42, 58.34, 93.60°)
OKLab	oklab(64.03% -0.0172 0.1247)
OKLCH	oklch(64.03% 0.126 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.2422, 26.4005, 4.6829)
Luminance	0.2640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A18C18 #182DA1

analogous

#A14818 #A18C18 #72A118

triadic

#A18C18 #18A18C #8C18A1

tetradic

#A18C18 #18A148 #182DA1 #A11872

square

#A18C18 #18A148 #182DA1 #A11872

split-complementary

#A18C18 #1872A1 #4818A1

monochromatic

#362F08 #6C5E10 #A18C18 #D6BA20 #E5CE4F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#A18C18 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.28

#A18C18 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A18C18

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A18C18	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A18C18	1.00	3.34	6.28	6.28
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8800

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A18F22

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE8077

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a18c18;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 140, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.126 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1ad62',
    500: '#a18c18',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a18c18;
$custom-light: #c1ad62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a18c18",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.803,
    "s": 74.054,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6403,
    "c": 0.1259,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A18C18

secondary

#4E60C7

accent

#54F137

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A18C18

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

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