#A18321#A18321

#A18321 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.116 H 90.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A18321
RGB	rgb(161, 131, 33)
HSL	hsl(46, 66%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(46, 80%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 79.5%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.01, 1.60, 53.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.01, 53.33, 88.28°)
OKLab	oklab(62.14% -0.0014 0.116)
OKLCH	oklch(62.14% 0.116 90.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.0901, 23.9209, 4.8396)
Luminance	0.2392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A18321 #213FA1

analogous

#A14321 #A18321 #7FA121

triadic

#A18321 #21A183 #8321A1

tetradic

#A18321 #21A143 #213FA1 #A1217F

square

#A18321 #21A143 #213FA1 #A1217F

split-complementary

#A18321 #217FA1 #4321A1

monochromatic

#3B300C #6E5A17 #A18321 #D4AC2C #DEC05E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#A18321 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.78

#A18321 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A18321

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A18321	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A18321	1.00	3.63	5.78	5.78
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93810C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF7770

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a18321;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 131, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.116 90.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1a665',
    500: '#a18321',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a18321;
$custom-light: #c1a665;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a18321",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.938,
    "s": 65.979,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62141,
    "c": 0.11598,
    "h": 90.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A18321

secondary

#5B73C3

accent

#67E93F

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A18321

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

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