#A18C28#A18C28

#A18C28 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.118 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A18C28
RGB	rgb(161, 140, 40)
HSL	hsl(50, 60%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(50, 75%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 75.2%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.50, -3.07, 53.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.50, 53.14, 93.31°)
OKLab	oklab(64.12% -0.014 0.1169)
OKLCH	oklch(64.12% 0.118 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.4603, 26.4877, 5.8313)
Luminance	0.2649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A18C28 #283DA1

analogous

#A15028 #A18C28 #7AA128

triadic

#A18C28 #28A18C #8C28A1

tetradic

#A18C28 #28A150 #283DA1 #A1287A

square

#A18C28 #28A150 #283DA1 #A1287A

split-complementary

#A18C28 #287AA1 #5028A1

monochromatic

#3F3710 #70611C #A18C28 #CEB439 #DAC66A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#A18C28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.30

#A18C28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A18C28

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A18C28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A18C28	1.00	3.33	6.30	6.30
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8917

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0902E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE8178

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a18c28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 140, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.118 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1ad69',
    500: '#a18c28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a18c28;
$custom-light: #c1ad69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a18c28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.587,
    "s": 60.199,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64121,
    "c": 0.11773,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A18C28

secondary

#6575C0

accent

#60E344

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A18C28

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

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