#A18221#A18221

#A18221 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.115 H 89.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A18221
RGB	rgb(161, 130, 33)
HSL	hsl(45, 66%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(45, 80%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.3%, 79.5%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.74, 2.16, 53.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.74, 53.11, 87.67°)
OKLab	oklab(61.93% 0.0002 0.1155)
OKLCH	oklch(61.93% 0.115 89.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.9565, 23.6536, 4.7950)
Luminance	0.2365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A18221 #2140A1

analogous

#A14221 #A18221 #80A121

triadic

#A18221 #21A182 #8221A1

tetradic

#A18221 #21A142 #2140A1 #A12180

square

#A18221 #21A142 #2140A1 #A12180

split-complementary

#A18221 #2180A1 #4221A1

monochromatic

#3B300C #6E5917 #A18221 #D4AB2C #DEBF5E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#A18221 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.73

#A18221 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A18221

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A18221	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A18221	1.00	3.66	5.73	5.73
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92810D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998927

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF7670

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a18221;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 130, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.115 89.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1a565',
    500: '#a18221',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a18221;
$custom-light: #c1a565;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a18221",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.469,
    "s": 65.979,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61929,
    "c": 0.11545,
    "h": 89.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A18221

secondary

#5B74C3

accent

#68E93F

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A18221

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

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