#A18C2A#A18C2A

#A18C2A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.116 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A18C2A
RGB	rgb(161, 140, 42)
HSL	hsl(49, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(49, 74%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 73.9%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.51, -2.98, 52.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.51, 52.38, 93.26°)
OKLab	oklab(64.13% -0.0135 0.1157)
OKLCH	oklch(64.13% 0.116 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.4952, 26.5017, 6.0152)
Luminance	0.2650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A18C2A #2A3FA1

analogous

#A1512A #A18C2A #7AA12A

triadic

#A18C2A #2AA18C #8C2AA1

tetradic

#A18C2A #2AA151 #2A3FA1 #A12A7A

square

#A18C2A #2AA151 #2A3FA1 #A12A7A

split-complementary

#A18C2A #2A7AA1 #512AA1

monochromatic

#403811 #70621D #A18C2A #CCB33C #D9C66D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#A18C2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.30

#A18C2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A18C2A

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A18C2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A18C2A	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)

#9B891A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09030

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE8179

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a18c2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 140, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.116 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0ad6a',
    500: '#a18c2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a18c2a;
$custom-light: #c0ad6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a18c2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.412,
    "s": 58.621,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64135,
    "c": 0.11647,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A18C2A

secondary

#6777C0

accent

#61E246

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A18C2A

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

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