#A18922#A18922

#A18922 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.119 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A18922
RGB	rgb(161, 137, 34)
HSL	hsl(49, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(49, 79%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 78.9%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.64, -1.68, 54.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.64, 54.47, 91.77°)
OKLab	oklab(63.43% -0.0107 0.1186)
OKLCH	oklch(63.43% 0.119 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.9336, 25.5852, 5.1909)
Luminance	0.2558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A18922 #223AA1

analogous

#A14922 #A18922 #79A122

triadic

#A18922 #22A189 #8922A1

tetradic

#A18922 #22A149 #223AA1 #A12279

square

#A18922 #22A149 #223AA1 #A12279

split-complementary

#A18922 #2279A1 #4922A1

monochromatic

#3C330D #6E5E17 #A18922 #D3B42D #DDC660

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#A18922 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.12

#A18922 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A18922

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A18922	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A18922	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)

#98860B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE7E75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a18922;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 137, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.119 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1ab66',
    500: '#a18922',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a18922;
$custom-light: #c1ab66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a18922",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.661,
    "s": 65.128,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63432,
    "c": 0.11912,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A18922

secondary

#5D70C2

accent

#60E840

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A18922

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

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