#A18D36#A18D36

#A18D36 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.109 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A18D36
RGB	rgb(161, 141, 54)
HSL	hsl(49, 50%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(49, 66%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 66.5%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.88, -2.86, 47.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.88, 47.68, 93.43°)
OKLab	oklab(64.46% -0.0117 0.1079)
OKLCH	oklch(64.46% 0.109 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.8898, 26.8944, 7.3694)
Luminance	0.2689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A18D36 #364AA1

analogous

#A15836 #A18D36 #80A136

triadic

#A18D36 #36A18D #8D36A1

tetradic

#A18D36 #36A158 #364AA1 #A13680

square

#A18D36 #36A158 #364AA1 #A13680

split-complementary

#A18D36 #3680A1 #5836A1

monochromatic

#453D17 #736527 #A18D36 #C4AF50 #D4C47E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#A18D36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.38

#A18D36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A18D36

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A18D36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A18D36	1.00	3.29	6.38	6.38
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8A2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0903A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD837B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a18d36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 141, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.109 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0ae71',
    500: '#a18d36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a18d36;
$custom-light: #c0ae71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a18d36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.785,
    "s": 49.767,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64455,
    "c": 0.10854,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A18D36

secondary

#7683BD

accent

#68D94F

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A18D36

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

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