#A0842B#A0842B

#A0842B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.110 H 91.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A0842B
RGB	rgb(160, 132, 43)
HSL	hsl(46, 58%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(46, 73%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.5%, 73.1%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.24, 1.04, 49.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.24, 49.63, 88.80°)
OKLab	oklab(62.32% -0.0019 0.1103)
OKLCH	oklch(62.32% 0.11 91)
XYZ	xyz(23.1858, 24.1519, 5.7256)
Luminance	0.2415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A0842B #2B47A0

analogous

#A04A2B #A0842B #82A02B

triadic

#A0842B #2BA084 #842BA0

tetradic

#A0842B #2BA04A #2B47A0 #A02B82

square

#A0842B #2BA04A #2B47A0 #A02B82

split-complementary

#A0842B #2B82A0 #4A2BA0

monochromatic

#403411 #705C1E #A0842B #CBA93D #D8BE6E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#A0842B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.83

#A0842B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A0842B

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A0842B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A0842B	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)

#93821E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD7972

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a0842b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 132, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.110 91.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0a76a',
    500: '#a0842b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a0842b;
$custom-light: #c0a76a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a0842b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.641,
    "s": 57.635,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6232,
    "c": 0.11028,
    "h": 91
  },
  "luminance": 0.24151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A0842B

secondary

#687DBF

accent

#6CE147

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F07

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A0842B

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

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