#A18E18#A18E18

#A18E18 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.127 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A18E18
RGB	rgb(161, 142, 24)
HSL	hsl(52, 74%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(52, 85%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 85.1%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.97, -4.76, 58.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.97, 58.88, 94.63°)
OKLab	oklab(64.47% -0.0202 0.1258)
OKLCH	oklch(64.47% 0.127 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.5371, 26.9903, 4.7812)
Luminance	0.2699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A18E18 #182BA1

analogous

#A14A18 #A18E18 #70A118

triadic

#A18E18 #18A18E #8E18A1

tetradic

#A18E18 #18A14A #182BA1 #A11870

square

#A18E18 #18A14A #182BA1 #A11870

split-complementary

#A18E18 #1870A1 #4A18A1

monochromatic

#363008 #6C5F10 #A18E18 #D6BD20 #E5D04F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#A18E18 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#A18E18 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A18E18

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A18E18	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A18E18	1.00	3.28	6.40	6.40
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8A00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29122

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE8379

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a18e18;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 142, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.127 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1ae62',
    500: '#a18e18',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a18e18;
$custom-light: #c1ae62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a18e18",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.679,
    "s": 74.054,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64466,
    "c": 0.12737,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A18E18

secondary

#4E5FC7

accent

#51F137

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A18E18

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

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