#A18523#A18523

#A18523 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.116 H 92.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A18523
RGB	rgb(161, 133, 35)
HSL	hsl(47, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(47, 78%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.4%, 78.3%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.56, 0.57, 53.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.56, 53.10, 89.38°)
OKLab	oklab(62.58% -0.0042 0.116)
OKLCH	oklch(62.58% 0.116 92.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.3902, 24.4749, 5.0819)
Luminance	0.2447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A18523 #233FA1

analogous

#A14623 #A18523 #7EA123

triadic

#A18523 #23A185 #8523A1

tetradic

#A18523 #23A146 #233FA1 #A1237E

square

#A18523 #23A146 #233FA1 #A1237E

split-complementary

#A18523 #237EA1 #4623A1

monochromatic

#3C320D #6F5B18 #A18523 #D2AE2F #DDC162

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#A18523 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.89

#A18523 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A18523

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A18523	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A18523	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)

#948310

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8B29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF7972

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a18523;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 133, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.116 92.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1a866',
    500: '#a18523',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a18523;
$custom-light: #c1a866;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a18523",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.667,
    "s": 64.286,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6258,
    "c": 0.11602,
    "h": 92.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A18523

secondary

#5E74C2

accent

#66E741

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A18523

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

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