#A18427#A18427

#A18427 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.113 H 90.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A18427
RGB	rgb(161, 132, 39)
HSL	hsl(46, 61%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(46, 76%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 75.8%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.31, 1.30, 51.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.31, 51.36, 88.55°)
OKLab	oklab(62.39% -0.0016 0.1131)
OKLCH	oklch(62.39% 0.113 90.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.3167, 24.2275, 5.3673)
Luminance	0.2423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A18427 #2744A1

analogous

#A14727 #A18427 #81A127

triadic

#A18427 #27A184 #8427A1

tetradic

#A18427 #27A147 #2744A1 #A12781

square

#A18427 #27A147 #2744A1 #A12781

split-complementary

#A18427 #2781A1 #4727A1

monochromatic

#3E330F #705C1B #A18427 #CEAA37 #DABF68

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#A18427 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#A18427 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A18427

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A18427	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A18427	1.00	3.59	5.85	5.85
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#938218

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF7972

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a18427;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 132, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.113 90.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1a768',
    500: '#a18427',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a18427;
$custom-light: #c1a768;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a18427",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.738,
    "s": 61,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62394,
    "c": 0.11308,
    "h": 90.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A18427

secondary

#6379C0

accent

#6AE444

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A18427

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

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