#A4862A#A4862A

#A4862A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.113 H 90.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4862A
RGB	rgb(164, 134, 42)
HSL	hsl(45, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(45, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.3%, 74.4%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.18, 1.69, 51.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.18, 51.13, 88.10°)
OKLab	oklab(63.16% -0.0003 0.113)
OKLCH	oklch(63.16% 0.113 90.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.2542, 25.1114, 5.7595)
Luminance	0.2511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4862A #2A48A4

analogous

#A4492A #A4862A #85A42A

triadic

#A4862A #2AA486 #862AA4

tetradic

#A4862A #2AA449 #2A48A4 #A42A85

square

#A4862A #2AA449 #2A48A4 #A42A85

split-complementary

#A4862A #2A85A4 #492AA4

monochromatic

#433611 #735E1E #A4862A #CDAA3E #DAC06E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#A4862A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.02

#A4862A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A4862A

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4862A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4862A	1.00	3.49	6.02	6.02
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95841C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B27A74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4862a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 134, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.113 90.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3a86a',
    500: '#a4862a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4862a;
$custom-light: #c3a86a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4862a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.246,
    "s": 59.223,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63157,
    "c": 0.11303,
    "h": 90.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4862A

secondary

#697FC1

accent

#6CE245

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F07

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4862A

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

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