#A18E1B#A18E1B

#A18E1B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.126 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A18E1B
RGB	rgb(161, 142, 27)
HSL	hsl(51, 71%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(51, 83%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 83.2%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.98, -4.67, 57.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.98, 58.06, 94.61°)
OKLab	oklab(64.48% -0.0197 0.1246)
OKLCH	oklch(64.48% 0.126 99)
XYZ	xyz(24.5701, 27.0035, 4.9547)
Luminance	0.2700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A18E1B #1B2EA1

analogous

#A14B1B #A18E1B #71A11B

triadic

#A18E1B #1BA18E #8E1BA1

tetradic

#A18E1B #1BA14B #1B2EA1 #A11B71

square

#A18E1B #1BA14B #1B2EA1 #A11B71

split-complementary

#A18E1B #1B71A1 #4B1BA1

monochromatic

#383209 #6D6012 #A18E1B #D5BC24 #E2CE54

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#A18E1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#A18E1B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A18E1B

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A18E1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A18E1B	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)

#A29124

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE8379

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a18e1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 142, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.126 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1ae64',
    500: '#a18e1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a18e1b;
$custom-light: #c1ae64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a18e1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.493,
    "s": 71.277,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6448,
    "c": 0.1261,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.27002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A18E1B

secondary

#5263C5

accent

#53EE3A

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A18E1B

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

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