#A18C1C#A18C1C

#A18C1C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.124 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A18C1C
RGB	rgb(161, 140, 28)
HSL	hsl(51, 70%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(51, 83%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 82.6%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.43, -3.54, 57.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.43, 57.21, 93.55°)
OKLab	oklab(64.05% -0.0165 0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(64.05% 0.124 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.2869, 26.4184, 4.9184)
Luminance	0.2642 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A18C1C #1C31A1

analogous

#A1491C #A18C1C #74A11C

triadic

#A18C1C #1CA18C #8C1CA1

tetradic

#A18C1C #1CA149 #1C31A1 #A11C74

square

#A18C1C #1CA149 #1C31A1 #A11C74

split-complementary

#A18C1C #1C74A1 #491CA1

monochromatic

#39310A #6D5F13 #A18C1C #D5B925 #E2CC56

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#A18C1C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.28

#A18C1C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A18C1C

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A18C1C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A18C1C	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)

#A18F25

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE8178

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a18c1c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 140, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.124 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1ad64',
    500: '#a18c1c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a18c1c;
$custom-light: #c1ad64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a18c1c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.526,
    "s": 70.37,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64049,
    "c": 0.1242,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A18C1C

secondary

#5466C5

accent

#57ED3B

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A18C1C

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

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