#A18231#A18231

#A18231 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.105 H 87.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A18231
RGB	rgb(161, 130, 49)
HSL	hsl(43, 53%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(43, 70%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.3%, 69.6%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.85, 2.93, 46.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.85, 46.75, 86.40°)
OKLab	oklab(62.05% 0.0043 0.1051)
OKLCH	oklch(62.05% 0.105 87.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.2362, 23.7655, 6.2685)
Luminance	0.2376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A18231 #3150A1

analogous

#A14A31 #A18231 #88A131

triadic

#A18231 #31A182 #8231A1

tetradic

#A18231 #31A14A #3150A1 #A13188

square

#A18231 #31A14A #3150A1 #A13188

split-complementary

#A18231 #3188A1 #4A31A1

monochromatic

#433614 #725C23 #A18231 #C7A448 #D6BB77

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#A18231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#A18231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A18231

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A18231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A18231	1.00	3.65	5.75	5.75
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#918127

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988935

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE7771

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a18231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 130, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.105 87.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0a66d',
    500: '#a18231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a18231;
$custom-light: #c0a66d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a18231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.393,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62054,
    "c": 0.10515,
    "h": 87.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A18231

secondary

#7086BE

accent

#73DD4B

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#130F07

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A18231

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

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