#A18217#A18217

#A18217 is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.120 H 90.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A18217
RGB	rgb(161, 130, 23)
HSL	hsl(47, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(47, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.3%, 85.7%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.69, 1.83, 56.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.69, 56.25, 88.14°)
OKLab	oklab(61.88% -0.0017 0.1201)
OKLCH	oklch(61.88% 0.12 90.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.8367, 23.6057, 4.1640)
Luminance	0.2360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A18217 #1736A1

analogous

#A13D17 #A18217 #7BA117

triadic

#A18217 #17A182 #8217A1

tetradic

#A18217 #17A13D #1736A1 #A1177B

square

#A18217 #17A13D #1736A1 #A1177B

split-complementary

#A18217 #177BA1 #3D17A1

monochromatic

#362C08 #6B570F #A18217 #D7AD1F #E6C34D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#A18217 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.72

#A18217 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A18217

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A18217	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A18217	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)

#9A891F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF766F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a18217;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 130, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.120 90.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1a560',
    500: '#a18217',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a18217;
$custom-light: #c1a560;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a18217",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.522,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61875,
    "c": 0.12012,
    "h": 90.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A18217

secondary

#4C68C7

accent

#60F236

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F05

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A18217

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

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