#A18D31#A18D31

#A18D31 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.112 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A18D31
RGB	rgb(161, 141, 49)
HSL	hsl(49, 53%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(49, 70%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 69.6%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.84, -3.15, 49.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.84, 49.84, 93.63°)
OKLab	oklab(64.41% -0.0132 0.1116)
OKLCH	oklch(64.41% 0.112 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.7784, 26.8498, 6.7825)
Luminance	0.2685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A18D31 #3145A1

analogous

#A15531 #A18D31 #7DA131

triadic

#A18D31 #31A18D #8D31A1

tetradic

#A18D31 #31A155 #3145A1 #A1317D

square

#A18D31 #31A155 #3145A1 #A1317D

split-complementary

#A18D31 #317DA1 #5531A1

monochromatic

#433B14 #726423 #A18D31 #C7B148 #D6C577

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#A18D31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.37

#A18D31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A18D31

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A18D31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A18D31	1.00	3.30	6.37	6.37
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8A25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09036

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE827A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a18d31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 141, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.112 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0ae6e',
    500: '#a18d31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a18d31;
$custom-light: #c0ae6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a18d31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.286,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64409,
    "c": 0.11238,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A18D31

secondary

#707EBE

accent

#65DD4B

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A18D31

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

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