#A0842E#A0842E

#A0842E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.108 H 90.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A0842E
RGB	rgb(160, 132, 46)
HSL	hsl(45, 55%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(45, 71%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.5%, 71.2%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.26, 1.20, 48.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.26, 48.39, 88.58°)
OKLab	oklab(62.34% -0.001 0.1082)
OKLCH	oklch(62.34% 0.108 90.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.2429, 24.1748, 6.0262)
Luminance	0.2417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A0842E #2E4AA0

analogous

#A04B2E #A0842E #83A02E

triadic

#A0842E #2EA084 #842EA0

tetradic

#A0842E #2EA04B #2E4AA0 #A02E83

square

#A0842E #2EA04B #2E4AA0 #A02E83

split-complementary

#A0842E #2E83A0 #4B2EA0

monochromatic

#413613 #705D20 #A0842E #C9A842 #D6BE72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#A0842E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.83

#A0842E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A0842E

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A0842E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A0842E	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)

#938222

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD7972

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a0842e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 132, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.108 90.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0a76c',
    500: '#a0842e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a0842e;
$custom-light: #c0a76c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a0842e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.263,
    "s": 55.34,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62345,
    "c": 0.10819,
    "h": 90.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A0842E

secondary

#6C80BE

accent

#6EDF49

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#130F07

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A0842E

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

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