#A0842A#A0842A

#A0842A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.111 H 91.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A0842A
RGB	rgb(160, 132, 42)
HSL	hsl(46, 58%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(46, 74%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.5%, 73.8%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.23, 0.99, 50.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.23, 50.04, 88.87°)
OKLab	oklab(62.31% -0.0021 0.1109)
OKLCH	oklch(62.31% 0.111 91.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.1677, 24.1447, 5.6302)
Luminance	0.2414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A0842A #2A46A0

analogous

#A0492A #A0842A #81A02A

triadic

#A0842A #2AA084 #842AA0

tetradic

#A0842A #2AA049 #2A46A0 #A02A81

square

#A0842A #2AA049 #2A46A0 #A02A81

split-complementary

#A0842A #2A81A0 #492AA0

monochromatic

#3F3411 #705C1D #A0842A #CCA93C #D8BF6C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#A0842A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.83

#A0842A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A0842A

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A0842A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A0842A	1.00	3.60	5.83	5.83
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93821C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD7972

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a0842a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 132, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.111 91.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0a76a',
    500: '#a0842a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a0842a;
$custom-light: #c0a76a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a0842a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.763,
    "s": 58.416,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62312,
    "c": 0.11094,
    "h": 91.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A0842A

secondary

#677CBF

accent

#6BE246

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F07

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A0842A

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

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