#A18827#A18827

#A18827 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.116 H 94.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A18827
RGB	rgb(161, 136, 39)
HSL	hsl(48, 61%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(48, 76%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 75.8%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.40, -0.92, 52.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.40, 52.40, 91.00°)
OKLab	oklab(63.25% -0.008 0.1153)
OKLCH	oklch(63.25% 0.116 94)
XYZ	xyz(23.8696, 25.3332, 5.5516)
Luminance	0.2533 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A18827 #2740A1

analogous

#A14B27 #A18827 #7DA127

triadic

#A18827 #27A188 #8827A1

tetradic

#A18827 #27A14B #2740A1 #A1277D

square

#A18827 #27A14B #2740A1 #A1277D

split-complementary

#A18827 #277DA1 #4B27A1

monochromatic

#3E350F #705E1B #A18827 #CEAF37 #DAC368

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#A18827 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.07

#A18827 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A18827

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A18827	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A18827	1.00	3.46	6.07	6.07
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978516

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE7D75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a18827;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 136, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.116 94.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1aa68',
    500: '#a18827',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a18827;
$custom-light: #c1aa68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a18827",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.705,
    "s": 61,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6325,
    "c": 0.11556,
    "h": 94
  },
  "luminance": 0.25332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A18827

secondary

#6376C0

accent

#65E444

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A18827

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

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