#A18921#A18921

#A18921 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.120 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A18921
RGB	rgb(161, 137, 33)
HSL	hsl(49, 66%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(49, 80%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 79.5%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.64, -1.72, 54.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.64, 54.82, 91.80°)
OKLab	oklab(63.43% -0.0109 0.1192)
OKLCH	oklch(63.43% 0.12 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.9194, 25.5796, 5.1160)
Luminance	0.2558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A18921 #2139A1

analogous

#A14921 #A18921 #79A121

triadic

#A18921 #21A189 #8921A1

tetradic

#A18921 #21A149 #2139A1 #A12179

square

#A18921 #21A149 #2139A1 #A12179

split-complementary

#A18921 #2179A1 #4921A1

monochromatic

#3B330C #6E5E17 #A18921 #D4B42C #DEC65E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#A18921 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.12

#A18921 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A18921

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A18921	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A18921	1.00	3.43	6.12	6.12
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988608

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE7E75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a18921;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 137, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.120 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1ab66',
    500: '#a18921',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a18921;
$custom-light: #c1ab66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a18921",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.75,
    "s": 65.979,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63426,
    "c": 0.11966,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A18921

secondary

#5B6FC3

accent

#5FE93F

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A18921

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

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