#A18E2A#A18E2A

#A18E2A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.118 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A18E2A
RGB	rgb(161, 142, 42)
HSL	hsl(50, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(50, 74%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 73.9%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.06, -4.07, 52.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.06, 52.98, 94.41°)
OKLab	oklab(64.57% -0.0166 0.1168)
OKLCH	oklch(64.57% 0.118 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.7901, 27.0915, 6.1135)
Luminance	0.2709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A18E2A #2A3DA1

analogous

#A1522A #A18E2A #79A12A

triadic

#A18E2A #2AA18E #8E2AA1

tetradic

#A18E2A #2AA152 #2A3DA1 #A12A79

square

#A18E2A #2AA152 #2A3DA1 #A12A79

split-complementary

#A18E2A #2A79A1 #522AA1

monochromatic

#403811 #70631D #A18E2A #CCB53C #D9C86D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#A18E2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#A18E2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A18E2A

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A18E2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A18E2A	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)

#9C8A19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19130

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE837A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a18e2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 142, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.118 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0ae6b',
    500: '#a18e2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a18e2a;
$custom-light: #c0ae6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a18e2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.42,
    "s": 58.621,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6457,
    "c": 0.11799,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A18E2A

secondary

#6775C0

accent

#5FE246

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A18E2A

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

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