#A18E27#A18E27

#A18E27 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.120 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A18E27
RGB	rgb(161, 142, 39)
HSL	hsl(51, 61%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(51, 76%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 75.8%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.04, -4.21, 53.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.04, 54.11, 94.46°)
OKLab	oklab(64.55% -0.0173 0.1186)
OKLCH	oklch(64.55% 0.12 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.7384, 27.0708, 5.8412)
Luminance	0.2707 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A18E27 #273AA1

analogous

#A15127 #A18E27 #77A127

triadic

#A18E27 #27A18E #8E27A1

tetradic

#A18E27 #27A151 #273AA1 #A12777

square

#A18E27 #27A151 #273AA1 #A12777

split-complementary

#A18E27 #2777A1 #5127A1

monochromatic

#3E370F #70631B #A18E27 #CEB737 #DAC968

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#A18E27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.41

#A18E27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A18E27

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A18E27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A18E27	1.00	3.27	6.41	6.41
#FFFFFF	3.27	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)

#9D8A14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2912E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE837A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a18e27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 142, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.120 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1ae69',
    500: '#a18e27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a18e27;
$custom-light: #c1ae69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a18e27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.656,
    "s": 61,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64549,
    "c": 0.11986,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2707
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A18E27

secondary

#6372C0

accent

#5DE444

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A18E27

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

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