#A18C22#A18C22

#A18C22 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.121 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A18C22
RGB	rgb(161, 140, 34)
HSL	hsl(50, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(50, 79%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 78.9%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.46, -3.33, 55.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.46, 55.30, 93.45°)
OKLab	oklab(64.08% -0.0153 0.1202)
OKLCH	oklch(64.08% 0.121 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.3660, 26.4500, 5.3350)
Luminance	0.2645 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A18C22 #2237A1

analogous

#A14D22 #A18C22 #76A122

triadic

#A18C22 #22A18C #8C22A1

tetradic

#A18C22 #22A14D #2237A1 #A12276

square

#A18C22 #22A14D #2237A1 #A12276

split-complementary

#A18C22 #2276A1 #4D22A1

monochromatic

#3C340D #6E6017 #A18C22 #D3B72D #DDC960

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#A18C22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.29

#A18C22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A18C22

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A18C22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A18C22	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)

#9B8909

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09029

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE8178

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a18c22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 140, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.121 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1ad66',
    500: '#a18c22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a18c22;
$custom-light: #c1ad66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a18c22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.079,
    "s": 65.128,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64082,
    "c": 0.12121,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A18C22

secondary

#5D6DC2

accent

#5CE840

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A18C22

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

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