#A18D28#A18D28

#A18D28 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.118 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A18D28
RGB	rgb(161, 141, 40)
HSL	hsl(50, 60%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(50, 75%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 75.2%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.77, -3.62, 53.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.77, 53.44, 93.88°)
OKLab	oklab(64.34% -0.0155 0.1175)
OKLCH	oklch(64.34% 0.118 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.6071, 26.7813, 5.8803)
Luminance	0.2678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A18D28 #283CA1

analogous

#A15128 #A18D28 #79A128

triadic

#A18D28 #28A18D #8D28A1

tetradic

#A18D28 #28A151 #283CA1 #A12879

square

#A18D28 #28A151 #283CA1 #A12879

split-complementary

#A18D28 #2879A1 #5128A1

monochromatic

#3F3710 #70621C #A18D28 #CEB539 #DAC76A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#A18D28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.36

#A18D28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A18D28

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A18D28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A18D28	1.00	3.30	6.36	6.36
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8A16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1902E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE8279

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a18d28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 141, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.118 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0ae69',
    500: '#a18d28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a18d28;
$custom-light: #c0ae69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a18d28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.083,
    "s": 60.199,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64338,
    "c": 0.11848,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A18D28

secondary

#6574C0

accent

#5FE344

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A18D28

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

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