#A18D27#A18D27

#A18D27 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.119 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A18D27
RGB	rgb(161, 141, 39)
HSL	hsl(50, 61%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(50, 76%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 75.8%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.77, -3.66, 53.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.77, 53.81, 93.90°)
OKLab	oklab(64.33% -0.0158 0.1181)
OKLCH	oklch(64.33% 0.119 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.5903, 26.7746, 5.7918)
Luminance	0.2677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A18D27 #273BA1

analogous

#A15027 #A18D27 #78A127

triadic

#A18D27 #27A18D #8D27A1

tetradic

#A18D27 #27A150 #273BA1 #A12778

square

#A18D27 #27A150 #273BA1 #A12778

split-complementary

#A18D27 #2778A1 #5027A1

monochromatic

#3E370F #70621B #A18D27 #CEB637 #DAC868

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#A18D27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.35

#A18D27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A18D27

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A18D27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A18D27	1.00	3.30	6.35	6.35
#FFFFFF	3.30	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)

#9C8A14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1902E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE8279

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a18d27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 141, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.119 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1ae69',
    500: '#a18d27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a18d27;
$custom-light: #c1ae69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a18d27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.164,
    "s": 61,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64331,
    "c": 0.1191,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A18D27

secondary

#6373C0

accent

#5EE444

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A18D27

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

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