#A18E36#A18E36

#A18E36 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.109 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A18E36
RGB	rgb(161, 142, 54)
HSL	hsl(49, 50%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(49, 66%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 66.5%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.15, -3.40, 47.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.15, 48.00, 94.06°)
OKLab	oklab(64.67% -0.0133 0.1085)
OKLCH	oklch(64.67% 0.109 97)
XYZ	xyz(25.0379, 27.1906, 7.4188)
Luminance	0.2719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A18E36 #3649A1

analogous

#A15936 #A18E36 #7EA136

triadic

#A18E36 #36A18E #8E36A1

tetradic

#A18E36 #36A159 #3649A1 #A1367E

square

#A18E36 #36A159 #3649A1 #A1367E

split-complementary

#A18E36 #367EA1 #5936A1

monochromatic

#453D17 #736627 #A18E36 #C4B050 #D4C47E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#A18E36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#A18E36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A18E36

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A18E36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A18E36	1.00	3.26	6.44	6.44
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8B2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1913B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD847C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a18e36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 142, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.109 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0ae71',
    500: '#a18e36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a18e36;
$custom-light: #c0ae71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a18e36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.346,
    "s": 49.767,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64672,
    "c": 0.10932,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.27189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A18E36

secondary

#7683BD

accent

#67D94F

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A18E36

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

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