#A1821B#A1821B

#A1821B is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.118 H 90.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A1821B
RGB	rgb(161, 130, 27)
HSL	hsl(46, 71%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(46, 83%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.3%, 83.2%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.71, 1.95, 55.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.71, 55.08, 87.97°)
OKLab	oklab(61.89% -0.001 0.1184)
OKLCH	oklch(61.89% 0.118 90.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.8798, 23.6230, 4.3913)
Luminance	0.2362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A1821B #1B3AA1

analogous

#A13F1B #A1821B #7DA11B

triadic

#A1821B #1BA182 #821BA1

tetradic

#A1821B #1BA13F #1B3AA1 #A11B7D

square

#A1821B #1BA13F #1B3AA1 #A11B7D

split-complementary

#A1821B #1B7DA1 #3F1BA1

monochromatic

#382D09 #6D5812 #A1821B #D5AC24 #E2C154

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#A1821B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.72

#A1821B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A1821B

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A1821B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A1821B	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)

#998922

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF766F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a1821b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 130, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.118 90.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1a562',
    500: '#a1821b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a1821b;
$custom-light: #c1a562;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a1821b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.119,
    "s": 71.277,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61894,
    "c": 0.11842,
    "h": 90.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23621
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A1821B

secondary

#526DC5

accent

#63EE3A

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A1821B

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

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