#A18522#A18522

#A18522 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.117 H 92.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A18522
RGB	rgb(161, 133, 34)
HSL	hsl(47, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(47, 79%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.4%, 78.9%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.55, 0.53, 53.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.55, 53.45, 89.43°)
OKLab	oklab(62.57% -0.0044 0.1165)
OKLCH	oklch(62.57% 0.117 92.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.3756, 24.4691, 5.0049)
Luminance	0.2447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A18522 #223EA1

analogous

#A14622 #A18522 #7DA122

triadic

#A18522 #22A185 #8522A1

tetradic

#A18522 #22A146 #223EA1 #A1227D

square

#A18522 #22A146 #223EA1 #A1227D

split-complementary

#A18522 #227DA1 #4622A1

monochromatic

#3C320D #6E5B17 #A18522 #D3AE2D #DDC260

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#A18522 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.89

#A18522 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A18522

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A18522	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A18522	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)

#94830D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8B28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF7972

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a18522;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 133, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.117 92.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1a866',
    500: '#a18522',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a18522;
$custom-light: #c1a866;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a18522",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.772,
    "s": 65.128,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62573,
    "c": 0.11658,
    "h": 92.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A18522

secondary

#5D73C2

accent

#65E840

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A18522

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

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