#A18E2B#A18E2B

#A18E2B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.117 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A18E2B
RGB	rgb(161, 142, 43)
HSL	hsl(50, 58%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(50, 73%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 73.3%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.07, -4.02, 52.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.07, 52.60, 94.38°)
OKLab	oklab(64.58% -0.0164 0.1162)
OKLCH	oklch(64.58% 0.117 98)
XYZ	xyz(24.8082, 27.0987, 6.2089)
Luminance	0.2710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A18E2B #2B3EA1

analogous

#A1532B #A18E2B #79A12B

triadic

#A18E2B #2BA18E #8E2BA1

tetradic

#A18E2B #2BA153 #2B3EA1 #A12B79

square

#A18E2B #2BA153 #2B3EA1 #A12B79

split-complementary

#A18E2B #2B79A1 #532BA1

monochromatic

#403911 #71631E #A18E2B #CBB53E #D8C76E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#A18E2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#A18E2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A18E2B

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A18E2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A18E2B	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)

#9C8A1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19131

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE837A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a18e2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 142, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.117 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0ae6b',
    500: '#a18e2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a18e2b;
$custom-light: #c0ae6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a18e2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.339,
    "s": 57.843,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64577,
    "c": 0.11734,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.27097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A18E2B

secondary

#6977BF

accent

#60E147

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A18E2B

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

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