#A18D18#A18D18

#A18D18 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.127 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A18D18
RGB	rgb(161, 141, 24)
HSL	hsl(51, 74%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(51, 85%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 85.1%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.69, -4.21, 58.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.69, 58.61, 94.12°)
OKLab	oklab(64.25% -0.0187 0.1252)
OKLCH	oklch(64.25% 0.127 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.3890, 26.6941, 4.7318)
Luminance	0.2669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A18D18 #182CA1

analogous

#A14918 #A18D18 #71A118

triadic

#A18D18 #18A18D #8D18A1

tetradic

#A18D18 #18A149 #182CA1 #A11871

square

#A18D18 #18A149 #182CA1 #A11871

split-complementary

#A18D18 #1871A1 #4918A1

monochromatic

#363008 #6C5E10 #A18D18 #D6BC20 #E5CF4F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#A18D18 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.34

#A18D18 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A18D18

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A18D18	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A18D18	1.00	3.31	6.34	6.34
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8900

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19022

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE8178

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a18d18;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 141, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.127 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1ad62',
    500: '#a18d18',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a18d18;
$custom-light: #c1ad62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a18d18",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.241,
    "s": 74.054,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64248,
    "c": 0.12663,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26693
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A18D18

secondary

#4E60C7

accent

#52F137

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A18D18

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

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