#A4862B#A4862B

#A4862B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.112 H 90.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4862B
RGB	rgb(164, 134, 43)
HSL	hsl(45, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(45, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.3%, 73.8%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.19, 1.74, 50.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.19, 50.73, 88.03°)
OKLab	oklab(63.17% -0.0001 0.1124)
OKLCH	oklch(63.17% 0.112 90)
XYZ	xyz(24.2724, 25.1186, 5.8550)
Luminance	0.2512 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4862B #2B49A4

analogous

#A4492B #A4862B #85A42B

triadic

#A4862B #2BA486 #862BA4

tetradic

#A4862B #2BA449 #2B49A4 #A42B85

square

#A4862B #2BA449 #2B49A4 #A42B85

split-complementary

#A4862B #2B85A4 #492BA4

monochromatic

#433712 #745E1E #A4862B #CDAA3F #D9BF70

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#A4862B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.02

#A4862B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A4862B

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4862B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4862B	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)

#95841D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B27B74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4862b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 134, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.112 90.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3a86a',
    500: '#a4862b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4862b;
$custom-light: #c3a86a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4862b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.124,
    "s": 58.454,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63165,
    "c": 0.11238,
    "h": 90
  },
  "luminance": 0.25117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4862B

secondary

#6A80C1

accent

#6DE246

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F07

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4862B

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

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