#A0831B#A0831B

#A0831B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.119 H 91.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A0831B
RGB	rgb(160, 131, 27)
HSL	hsl(47, 71%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(47, 83%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.1%, 83.1%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.87, 0.93, 55.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.87, 55.16, 89.03°)
OKLab	oklab(62% -0.0039 0.1187)
OKLCH	oklch(62% 0.119 91.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.8127, 23.7868, 4.4264)
Luminance	0.2379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A0831B #1B38A0

analogous

#A0401B #A0831B #7BA01B

triadic

#A0831B #1BA083 #831BA0

tetradic

#A0831B #1BA040 #1B38A0 #A01B7B

square

#A0831B #1BA040 #1B38A0 #A01B7B

split-complementary

#A0831B #1B7BA0 #401BA0

monochromatic

#372D09 #6C5812 #A0831B #D4AE24 #E2C353

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#A0831B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.76

#A0831B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A0831B

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A0831B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A0831B	1.00	3.65	5.76	5.76
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#938100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8922

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE7770

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a0831b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 131, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.119 91.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0a662',
    500: '#a0831b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a0831b;
$custom-light: #c0a662;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a0831b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.917,
    "s": 71.123,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62001,
    "c": 0.11876,
    "h": 91.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A0831B

secondary

#526BC5

accent

#61EE3A

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A0831B

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

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