#A18422#A18422

#A18422 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.116 H 91.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A18422
RGB	rgb(161, 132, 34)
HSL	hsl(46, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(46, 79%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 78.9%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.28, 1.09, 53.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.28, 53.21, 88.83°)
OKLab	oklab(62.36% -0.0028 0.116)
OKLCH	oklch(62.36% 0.116 91.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.2393, 24.1965, 4.9594)
Luminance	0.2419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A18422 #223FA1

analogous

#A14422 #A18422 #7EA122

triadic

#A18422 #22A184 #8422A1

tetradic

#A18422 #22A144 #223FA1 #A1227E

square

#A18422 #22A144 #223FA1 #A1227E

split-complementary

#A18422 #227EA1 #4422A1

monochromatic

#3C310D #6E5B17 #A18422 #D3AD2D #DDC160

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#A18422 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.84

#A18422 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A18422

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A18422	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A18422	1.00	3.60	5.84	5.84
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93820E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8A28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF7871

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a18422;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 132, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.116 91.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1a765',
    500: '#a18422',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a18422;
$custom-light: #c1a765;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a18422",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.299,
    "s": 65.128,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6236,
    "c": 0.116,
    "h": 91.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24195
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A18422

secondary

#5D74C2

accent

#66E840

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A18422

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

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