#A18215#A18215

#A18215 is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.121 H 91.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A18215
RGB	rgb(161, 130, 21)
HSL	hsl(47, 77%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(47, 87%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.3%, 87%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.68, 1.77, 56.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.68, 56.79, 88.21°)
OKLab	oklab(61.87% -0.002 0.1209)
OKLCH	oklch(61.87% 0.121 91)
XYZ	xyz(22.8174, 23.5980, 4.0624)
Luminance	0.2360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A18215 #1534A1

analogous

#A13C15 #A18215 #7AA115

triadic

#A18215 #15A182 #8215A1

tetradic

#A18215 #15A13C #1534A1 #A1157A

square

#A18215 #15A13C #1534A1 #A1157A

split-complementary

#A18215 #157AA1 #3C15A1

monochromatic

#352B07 #6B560E #A18215 #D7AE1C #E7C449

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#A18215 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.72

#A18215 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A18215

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A18215	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A18215	1.00	3.67	5.72	5.72
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#928000

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A891E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF766F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a18215;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 130, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.121 91.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1a560',
    500: '#a18215',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a18215;
$custom-light: #c1a560;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a18215",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.714,
    "s": 76.923,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61867,
    "c": 0.1209,
    "h": 91
  },
  "luminance": 0.23596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A18215

secondary

#4965C8

accent

#5FF334

background

#FCFAF5

surface

#F8F4EA

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F05

muted

#827F79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A18215

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

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