#A18520#A18520

#A18520 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.118 H 92.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A18520
RGB	rgb(161, 133, 32)
HSL	hsl(47, 67%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(47, 80%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.4%, 80.1%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.54, 0.45, 54.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.54, 54.14, 89.52°)
OKLab	oklab(62.56% -0.0048 0.1176)
OKLCH	oklch(62.56% 0.118 92.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.3475, 24.4579, 4.8573)
Luminance	0.2446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A18520 #203CA1

analogous

#A14520 #A18520 #7CA120

triadic

#A18520 #20A185 #8520A1

tetradic

#A18520 #20A145 #203CA1 #A1207C

square

#A18520 #20A145 #203CA1 #A1207C

split-complementary

#A18520 #207CA1 #4520A1

monochromatic

#3B310C #6E5B16 #A18520 #D4AF2A #DFC35D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#A18520 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.89

#A18520 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A18520

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A18520	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A18520	1.00	3.56	5.89	5.89
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948308

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8B27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF7972

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a18520;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 133, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.118 92.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1a865',
    500: '#a18520',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a18520;
$custom-light: #c1a865;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a18520",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.977,
    "s": 66.839,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62561,
    "c": 0.11765,
    "h": 92.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A18520

secondary

#5A71C3

accent

#63EA3E

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A18520

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

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