#A18E31#A18E31

#A18E31 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.113 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A18E31
RGB	rgb(161, 142, 49)
HSL	hsl(50, 53%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(50, 70%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 69.6%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.11, -3.70, 50.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.11, 50.16, 94.23°)
OKLab	oklab(64.63% -0.0148 0.1122)
OKLCH	oklch(64.63% 0.113 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.9265, 27.1460, 6.8319)
Luminance	0.2715 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A18E31 #3144A1

analogous

#A15631 #A18E31 #7CA131

triadic

#A18E31 #31A18E #8E31A1

tetradic

#A18E31 #31A156 #3144A1 #A1317C

square

#A18E31 #31A156 #3144A1 #A1317C

split-complementary

#A18E31 #317CA1 #5631A1

monochromatic

#433B14 #726523 #A18E31 #C7B248 #D6C577

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#A18E31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#A18E31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A18E31

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A18E31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A18E31	1.00	3.27	6.43	6.43
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8B24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19136

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE837B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a18e31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 142, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.113 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0ae6e',
    500: '#a18e31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a18e31;
$custom-light: #c0ae6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a18e31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.821,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64626,
    "c": 0.11316,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A18E31

secondary

#707DBE

accent

#64DD4B

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A18E31

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

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