#A2842A#A2842A

#A2842A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.111 H 89.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A2842A
RGB	rgb(162, 132, 42)
HSL	hsl(45, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(45, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 74.1%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.44, 1.90, 50.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.44, 50.34, 87.84°)
OKLab	oklab(62.52% 0.0004 0.1114)
OKLCH	oklch(62.52% 0.111 89.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.5708, 24.3526, 5.6491)
Luminance	0.2435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A2842A #2A48A2

analogous

#A2482A #A2842A #84A22A

triadic

#A2842A #2AA284 #842AA2

tetradic

#A2842A #2AA248 #2A48A2 #A22A84

square

#A2842A #2AA248 #2A48A2 #A22A84

split-complementary

#A2842A #2A84A2 #482AA2

monochromatic

#413511 #715C1D #A2842A #CDA93D #D9BE6D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#A2842A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.87

#A2842A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A2842A

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A2842A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A2842A	1.00	3.58	5.87	5.87
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93831C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8B2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B07972

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a2842a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 132, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.111 89.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1a76a',
    500: '#a2842a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a2842a;
$custom-light: #c1a76a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a2842a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62523,
    "c": 0.11142,
    "h": 89.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A2842A

secondary

#687EC0

accent

#6DE246

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F07

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A2842A

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

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