#A19231#A19231

#A19231 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.116 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A19231
RGB	rgb(161, 146, 49)
HSL	hsl(52, 53%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(52, 70%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 69.6%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.21, -5.88, 51.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.21, 51.48, 96.55°)
OKLab	oklab(65.5% -0.021 0.1146)
OKLCH	oklch(65.5% 0.116 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.5323, 28.3577, 7.0338)
Luminance	0.2836 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A19231 #3140A1

analogous

#A15A31 #A19231 #78A131

triadic

#A19231 #31A192 #9231A1

tetradic

#A19231 #31A15A #3140A1 #A13178

square

#A19231 #31A15A #3140A1 #A13178

split-complementary

#A19231 #3178A1 #5A31A1

monochromatic

#433D14 #726723 #A19231 #C7B648 #D6C977

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#A19231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.67

#A19231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A19231

6.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A19231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A19231	1.00	3.15	6.67	6.67
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A08E23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49437

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD877E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a19231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 146, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.116 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0b16f',
    500: '#a19231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a19231;
$custom-light: #c0b16f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a19231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.964,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65499,
    "c": 0.11647,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A19231

secondary

#707ABE

accent

#5FDD4B

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F5EC

border

#D1CFC7

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A19231

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

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