#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
RGB	rgb(161, 140, 56)
HSL	hsl(48, 48%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(48, 65%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 65.2%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.62, -2.18, 46.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.62, 46.46, 92.69°)
OKLab	oklab(64.26% -0.0095 0.1057)
OKLCH	oklch(64.26% 0.106 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.7910, 26.6200, 7.5730)
Luminance	0.2662 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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
##A18C38	1.00	3.32	6.32	6.32
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #A18C38

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

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