#A18C38#A18C38

#A18C38 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.106 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#A18C38
RGBrgb(161, 140, 56)
HSLhsl(48, 48%, 43%)
HSVhsv(48, 65%, 63%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 13%, 65.2%, 36.9%)
CIE-LABlab(58.62, -2.18, 46.41)
CIE-LCHlch(58.62, 46.46, 92.69°)
OKLaboklab(64.26% -0.0095 0.1057)
OKLCHoklch(64.26% 0.106 95.2)
XYZxyz(24.7910, 26.6200, 7.5730)
Luminance0.2662 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#A18C38 #384DA1
analogous
#A15838 #A18C38 #81A138
triadic
#A18C38 #38A18C #8C38A1
tetradic
#A18C38 #38A158 #384DA1 #A13881
square
#A18C38 #38A158 #384DA1 #A13881
split-complementary
#A18C38 #3881A1 #5838A1
monochromatic
#463D18 #746528 #A18C38 #C3AD53 #D3C280

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32
#A18C38 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.32
#A18C38 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A18C38
6.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##A18C38#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##A18C381.003.326.326.32
#FFFFFF3.321.0021.0021.00
#0000006.3221.001.001.00
##0000006.3221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#9A892E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9F903C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#AD827A
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #a18c38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 140, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.106 95.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0ad72',
    500: '#a18c38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #a18c38;
$custom-light: #c0ad72;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#a18c38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 48.387,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64258,
    "c": 0.10613,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#A18C38
secondary
#7886BC
accent
#6BD850
background
#FCFAF7
surface
#F8F4ED
border
#D1CEC8
text
#131008
muted
#827F7B

Preview Lab

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#A18C38 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva