#A3872A#A3872A

#A3872A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.113 H 91.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A3872A
RGB	rgb(163, 135, 42)
HSL	hsl(46, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(46, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.2%, 74.2%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.35, 0.69, 51.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.35, 51.23, 89.23°)
OKLab	oklab(63.27% -0.0032 0.1133)
OKLCH	oklch(63.27% 0.113 91.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.1875, 25.2831, 5.7962)
Luminance	0.2528 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A3872A #2A46A3

analogous

#A34B2A #A3872A #82A32A

triadic

#A3872A #2AA387 #872AA3

tetradic

#A3872A #2AA34B #2A46A3 #A32A82

square

#A3872A #2AA34B #2A46A3 #A32A82

split-complementary

#A3872A #2A82A3 #4B2AA3

monochromatic

#423611 #725F1D #A3872A #CDAC3D #DAC16E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#A3872A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.06

#A3872A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A3872A

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A3872A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A3872A	1.00	3.47	6.06	6.06
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96851B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B17C75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a3872a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 135, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.113 91.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2a96a',
    500: '#a3872a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a3872a;
$custom-light: #c2a96a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a3872a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.116,
    "s": 59.024,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63265,
    "c": 0.11338,
    "h": 91.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A3872A

secondary

#687DC0

accent

#6AE246

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F07

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A3872A

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

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