#A18D1B#A18D1B

#A18D1B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.125 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A18D1B
RGB	rgb(161, 141, 27)
HSL	hsl(51, 71%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(51, 83%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 83.2%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.70, -4.12, 57.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.70, 57.78, 94.09°)
OKLab	oklab(64.26% -0.0182 0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(64.26% 0.125 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.4220, 26.7072, 4.9053)
Luminance	0.2671 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A18D1B #1B2FA1

analogous

#A14A1B #A18D1B #72A11B

triadic

#A18D1B #1BA18D #8D1BA1

tetradic

#A18D1B #1BA14A #1B2FA1 #A11B72

square

#A18D1B #1BA14A #1B2FA1 #A11B72

split-complementary

#A18D1B #1B72A1 #4A1BA1

monochromatic

#383109 #6D5F12 #A18D1B #D5BB24 #E2CD54

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#A18D1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.34

#A18D1B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A18D1B

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A18D1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A18D1B	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)

#A19024

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE8278

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a18d1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 141, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.125 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1ad63',
    500: '#a18d1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a18d1b;
$custom-light: #c1ad63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a18d1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.045,
    "s": 71.277,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64261,
    "c": 0.12537,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A18D1B

secondary

#5264C5

accent

#55EE3A

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A18D1B

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

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