#A18E2E#A18E2E

#A18E2E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.115 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A18E2E
RGB	rgb(161, 142, 46)
HSL	hsl(50, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(50, 71%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 71.4%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.09, -3.87, 51.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.09, 51.40, 94.31°)
OKLab	oklab(64.6% -0.0156 0.1143)
OKLCH	oklch(64.6% 0.115 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.8653, 27.1216, 6.5095)
Luminance	0.2712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A18E2E #2E41A1

analogous

#A1542E #A18E2E #7AA12E

triadic

#A18E2E #2EA18E #8E2EA1

tetradic

#A18E2E #2EA154 #2E41A1 #A12E7A

square

#A18E2E #2EA154 #2E41A1 #A12E7A

split-complementary

#A18E2E #2E7AA1 #542EA1

monochromatic

#423A13 #716420 #A18E2E #C9B343 #D7C673

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#A18E2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#A18E2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A18E2E

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A18E2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A18E2E	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)

#9C8B20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19134

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE837B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a18e2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 142, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.115 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0ae6d',
    500: '#a18e2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a18e2e;
$custom-light: #c0ae6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a18e2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.087,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64601,
    "c": 0.11531,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A18E2E

secondary

#6C7ABE

accent

#62DF49

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A18E2E

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

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