#A0821B#A0821B

#A0821B is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.118 H 91.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A0821B
RGB	rgb(160, 130, 27)
HSL	hsl(46, 71%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(46, 83%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.8%, 83.1%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.60, 1.49, 54.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.60, 54.94, 88.45°)
OKLab	oklab(61.79% -0.0023 0.1182)
OKLCH	oklch(61.79% 0.118 91.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.6790, 23.5194, 4.3819)
Luminance	0.2352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A0821B #1B39A0

analogous

#A0401B #A0821B #7CA01B

triadic

#A0821B #1BA082 #821BA0

tetradic

#A0821B #1BA040 #1B39A0 #A01B7C

square

#A0821B #1BA040 #1B39A0 #A01B7C

split-complementary

#A0821B #1B7CA0 #401BA0

monochromatic

#372D09 #6C5712 #A0821B #D4AD24 #E2C253

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#A0821B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.70

#A0821B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A0821B

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A0821B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A0821B	1.00	3.68	5.70	5.70
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#928000

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998922

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE766F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a0821b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 130, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.118 91.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1a562',
    500: '#a0821b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a0821b;
$custom-light: #c1a562;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a0821b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.466,
    "s": 71.123,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61788,
    "c": 0.11821,
    "h": 91.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A0821B

secondary

#526CC5

accent

#63EE3A

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A0821B

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

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