#A18E2D#A18E2D

#A18E2D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.116 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A18E2D
RGB	rgb(161, 142, 45)
HSL	hsl(50, 56%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(50, 72%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 72%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.08, -3.92, 51.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.08, 51.81, 94.34°)
OKLab	oklab(64.59% -0.0158 0.1149)
OKLCH	oklch(64.59% 0.116 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.8458, 27.1138, 6.4069)
Luminance	0.2711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A18E2D #2D40A1

analogous

#A1542D #A18E2D #7AA12D

triadic

#A18E2D #2DA18E #8E2DA1

tetradic

#A18E2D #2DA154 #2D40A1 #A12D7A

square

#A18E2D #2DA154 #2D40A1 #A12D7A

split-complementary

#A18E2D #2D7AA1 #542DA1

monochromatic

#413A12 #716420 #A18E2D #CAB441 #D7C771

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#A18E2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#A18E2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A18E2D

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A18E2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A18E2D	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)

#9C8A1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19133

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE837B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a18e2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 142, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.116 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0ae6c',
    500: '#a18e2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a18e2d;
$custom-light: #c0ae6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a18e2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.172,
    "s": 56.311,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64593,
    "c": 0.116,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A18E2D

secondary

#6B79BF

accent

#61E048

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A18E2D

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

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