#A18E38#A18E38

#A18E38 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.108 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A18E38
RGB	rgb(161, 142, 56)
HSL	hsl(49, 48%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(49, 65%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 65.2%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.17, -3.27, 47.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.17, 47.11, 93.99°)
OKLab	oklab(64.69% -0.0127 0.107)
OKLCH	oklch(64.69% 0.108 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.0859, 27.2098, 7.6713)
Luminance	0.2721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A18E38 #384BA1

analogous

#A15A38 #A18E38 #7FA138

triadic

#A18E38 #38A18E #8E38A1

tetradic

#A18E38 #38A15A #384BA1 #A1387F

square

#A18E38 #38A15A #384BA1 #A1387F

split-complementary

#A18E38 #387FA1 #5A38A1

monochromatic

#463E18 #746628 #A18E38 #C3AF53 #D3C480

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#A18E38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#A18E38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A18E38

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A18E38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A18E38	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)

#9C8B2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1913C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD847C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a18e38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 142, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.108 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0ae73',
    500: '#a18e38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a18e38;
$custom-light: #c0ae73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a18e38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.143,
    "s": 48.387,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64691,
    "c": 0.1077,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A18E38

secondary

#7885BC

accent

#68D850

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A18E38

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

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