#A18D22#A18D22

#A18D22 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.122 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A18D22
RGB	rgb(161, 141, 34)
HSL	hsl(51, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(51, 79%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 78.9%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.74, -3.87, 55.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.74, 55.58, 94.00°)
OKLab	oklab(64.3% -0.0169 0.1208)
OKLCH	oklch(64.3% 0.122 98)
XYZ	xyz(24.5128, 26.7436, 5.3839)
Luminance	0.2674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A18D22 #2236A1

analogous

#A14D22 #A18D22 #75A122

triadic

#A18D22 #22A18D #8D22A1

tetradic

#A18D22 #22A14D #2236A1 #A12275

square

#A18D22 #22A14D #2236A1 #A12275

split-complementary

#A18D22 #2275A1 #4D22A1

monochromatic

#3C340D #6E6117 #A18D22 #D3B92D #DDCA60

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#A18D22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.35

#A18D22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A18D22

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A18D22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A18D22	1.00	3.31	6.35	6.35
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8909

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1902A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE8279

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a18d22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 141, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.122 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1ae67',
    500: '#a18d22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a18d22;
$custom-light: #c1ae67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a18d22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.551,
    "s": 65.128,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64299,
    "c": 0.12196,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.26742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A18D22

secondary

#5D6DC2

accent

#5AE840

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A18D22

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

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