#A18E20#A18E20

#A18E20 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.124 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A18E20
RGB	rgb(161, 142, 32)
HSL	hsl(51, 67%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(51, 80%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 80.1%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.00, -4.50, 56.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.00, 56.53, 94.56°)
OKLab	oklab(64.51% -0.0188 0.1223)
OKLCH	oklch(64.51% 0.124 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.6329, 27.0286, 5.2858)
Luminance	0.2703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A18E20 #2033A1

analogous

#A14E20 #A18E20 #73A120

triadic

#A18E20 #20A18E #8E20A1

tetradic

#A18E20 #20A14E #2033A1 #A12073

square

#A18E20 #20A14E #2033A1 #A12073

split-complementary

#A18E20 #2073A1 #4E20A1

monochromatic

#3B340C #6E6116 #A18E20 #D4BB2A #DFCC5D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#A18E20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.41

#A18E20 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A18E20

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A18E20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A18E20	1.00	3.28	6.41	6.41
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8A03

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29128

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE837A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a18e20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 142, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.124 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1ae66',
    500: '#a18e20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a18e20;
$custom-light: #c1ae66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a18e20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.163,
    "s": 66.839,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64505,
    "c": 0.12375,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A18E20

secondary

#5A69C3

accent

#57EA3E

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A18E20

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

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