#A18E24#A18E24
#A18E24 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.122 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #A18E24 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(161, 142, 36) |
| HSL | hsl(51, 63%, 39%) |
| HSV | hsv(51, 78%, 63%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 77.6%, 36.9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(59.02, -4.34, 55.02) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(59.02, 55.19, 94.51°) |
| OKLab | oklab(64.53% -0.018 0.1203) |
| OKLCH | oklch(64.53% 0.122 98.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(24.6906, 27.0517, 5.5897) |
| Luminance | 0.2705 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Baby Poo
#AB9004
ΔE00 3.38
Baby Shit Brown
#AD900D
ΔE00 3.66
Dark Mustard
#A88905
ΔE00 4.02
Diarrhea
#9F8303
ΔE00 4.43
Brown Yellow
#B29705
ΔE00 4.86
Yellowy Brown
#AE8B0C
ΔE00 4.95
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#A18E24 #2437A1
analogous
#A14F24 #A18E24 #75A124
triadic
#A18E24 #24A18E #8E24A1
tetradic
#A18E24 #24A14F #2437A1 #A12475
square
#A18E24 #24A14F #2437A1 #A12475
split-complementary
#A18E24 #2475A1 #4F24A1
monochromatic
#3D360E #6F6219 #A18E24 #D1B931 #DCCA63
Accessibility & contrast
On white
3.28
#A18E24 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗
On black
6.41
#A18E24 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗
Best text color
#000000 on #A18E24
6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##A18E24 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##A18E24 | 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)
#9D8A0D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A2912B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#AE837A
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8E8E8E
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #a18e24; /* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 142, 36); /* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.122 98.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c1ae68',
500: '#a18e24',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #a18e24; $custom-light: #c1ae68; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#a18e24",
"rgb": {
"r": 161,
"g": 142,
"b": 36
},
"hsl": {
"h": 50.88,
"s": 63.452,
"l": 38.627
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.64529,
"c": 0.12161,
"h": 98.5
},
"luminance": 0.2705
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#A18E24
secondary
#5F6EC2
accent
#5AE641
background
#FCFAF6
surface
#F8F4EB
border
#D1CEC6
text
#131006
muted
#827F7A