#A18E40#A18E40

#A18E40 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.101 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A18E40
RGB	rgb(161, 142, 64)
HSL	hsl(48, 43%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(48, 60%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 60.2%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.25, -2.71, 43.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.25, 43.40, 93.58°)
OKLab	oklab(64.78% -0.0101 0.1002)
OKLCH	oklch(64.78% 0.101 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.2974, 27.2944, 8.7853)
Luminance	0.2729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A18E40 #4053A1

analogous

#A15E40 #A18E40 #84A140

triadic

#A18E40 #40A18E #8E40A1

tetradic

#A18E40 #40A15E #4053A1 #A14084

square

#A18E40 #40A15E #4053A1 #A14084

split-complementary

#A18E40 #4084A1 #5E40A1

monochromatic

#49411D #75672F #A18E40 #BFAC5F #D1C38B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#A18E40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#A18E40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A18E40

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A18E40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A18E40	1.00	3.25	6.46	6.46
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8B38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09144

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD847D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a18e40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 142, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.101 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfae78',
    500: '#a18e40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a18e40;
$custom-light: #bfae78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a18e40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.247,
    "s": 43.111,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64778,
    "c": 0.10075,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27293
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A18E40

secondary

#818DBC

accent

#6ED355

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#131009

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A18E40

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

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