#A18822#A18822

#A18822 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.118 H 94.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A18822
RGB	rgb(161, 136, 34)
HSL	hsl(48, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(48, 79%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 78.9%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.37, -1.13, 54.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.37, 54.21, 91.19°)
OKLab	oklab(63.22% -0.0091 0.1181)
OKLCH	oklch(63.22% 0.118 94.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.7922, 25.3023, 5.1437)
Luminance	0.2530 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A18822 #223BA1

analogous

#A14822 #A18822 #7AA122

triadic

#A18822 #22A188 #8822A1

tetradic

#A18822 #22A148 #223BA1 #A1227A

square

#A18822 #22A148 #223BA1 #A1227A

split-complementary

#A18822 #227AA1 #4822A1

monochromatic

#3C330D #6E5D17 #A18822 #D3B22D #DDC560

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#A18822 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.06

#A18822 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A18822

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A18822	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A18822	1.00	3.47	6.06	6.06
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97850C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE7D75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a18822;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 136, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.118 94.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1aa66',
    500: '#a18822',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a18822;
$custom-light: #c1aa66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a18822",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.189,
    "s": 65.128,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63217,
    "c": 0.11845,
    "h": 94.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25301
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A18822

secondary

#5D71C2

accent

#61E840

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A18822

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

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