#A18C1E#A18C1E

#A18C1E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.123 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A18C1E
RGB	rgb(161, 140, 30)
HSL	hsl(50, 69%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(50, 81%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 81.4%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.44, -3.48, 56.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.44, 56.60, 93.52°)
OKLab	oklab(64.06% -0.0161 0.1222)
OKLCH	oklch(64.06% 0.123 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.3117, 26.4283, 5.0487)
Luminance	0.2643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A18C1E #1E33A1

analogous

#A14B1E #A18C1E #74A11E

triadic

#A18C1E #1EA18C #8C1EA1

tetradic

#A18C1E #1EA14B #1E33A1 #A11E74

square

#A18C1E #1EA14B #1E33A1 #A11E74

split-complementary

#A18C1E #1E74A1 #4B1EA1

monochromatic

#3A320B #6D5F14 #A18C1E #D5B928 #E0CB59

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#A18C1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.29

#A18C1E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A18C1E

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A18C1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A18C1E	1.00	3.34	6.29	6.29
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8900

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09026

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE8178

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a18c1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 140, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.123 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1ad65',
    500: '#a18c1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a18c1e;
$custom-light: #c1ad65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a18c1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.382,
    "s": 68.586,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64059,
    "c": 0.12326,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A18C1E

secondary

#5768C4

accent

#58EB3C

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A18C1E

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

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