#A18531#A18531

#A18531 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.107 H 90.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A18531
RGB	rgb(161, 133, 49)
HSL	hsl(45, 53%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(45, 70%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.4%, 69.6%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.66, 1.26, 47.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.66, 47.52, 88.48°)
OKLab	oklab(62.69% -0.0005 0.1069)
OKLCH	oklch(62.69% 0.107 90.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.6411, 24.5753, 6.4034)
Luminance	0.2457 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A18531 #314DA1

analogous

#A14D31 #A18531 #85A131

triadic

#A18531 #31A185 #8531A1

tetradic

#A18531 #31A14D #314DA1 #A13185

square

#A18531 #31A14D #314DA1 #A13185

split-complementary

#A18531 #3185A1 #4D31A1

monochromatic

#433714 #725E23 #A18531 #C7A748 #D6BE77

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#A18531 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.91

#A18531 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A18531

5.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A18531	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A18531	1.00	3.55	5.91	5.91
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948326

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8B35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE7A74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a18531;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 133, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.107 90.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0a86e',
    500: '#a18531',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a18531;
$custom-light: #c0a86e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a18531",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6269,
    "c": 0.10685,
    "h": 90.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A18531

secondary

#7083BE

accent

#6FDD4B

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#130F07

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A18531

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

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