#A18E28#A18E28

#A18E28 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.119 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A18E28
RGB	rgb(161, 142, 40)
HSL	hsl(51, 60%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(51, 75%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 75.2%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.05, -4.16, 53.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.05, 53.74, 94.44°)
OKLab	oklab(64.56% -0.0171 0.118)
OKLCH	oklch(64.56% 0.119 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.7552, 27.0775, 5.9296)
Luminance	0.2708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A18E28 #283BA1

analogous

#A15228 #A18E28 #77A128

triadic

#A18E28 #28A18E #8E28A1

tetradic

#A18E28 #28A152 #283BA1 #A12877

square

#A18E28 #28A152 #283BA1 #A12877

split-complementary

#A18E28 #2877A1 #5228A1

monochromatic

#3F3810 #70631C #A18E28 #CEB639 #DAC86A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#A18E28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#A18E28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A18E28

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A18E28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A18E28	1.00	3.27	6.42	6.42
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8A16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2912F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE837A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a18e28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 142, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.119 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0ae6a',
    500: '#a18e28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a18e28;
$custom-light: #c0ae6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a18e28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.579,
    "s": 60.199,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64556,
    "c": 0.11925,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A18E28

secondary

#6573C0

accent

#5DE344

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A18E28

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

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