#A4862C#A4862C

#A4862C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.112 H 89.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4862C
RGB	rgb(164, 134, 44)
HSL	hsl(45, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(45, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.3%, 73.2%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.20, 1.79, 50.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.20, 50.33, 87.96°)
OKLab	oklab(63.17% 0.0002 0.1117)
OKLCH	oklch(63.17% 0.112 89.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.2909, 25.1261, 5.9528)
Luminance	0.2512 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4862C #2C4AA4

analogous

#A44A2C #A4862C #86A42C

triadic

#A4862C #2CA486 #862CA4

tetradic

#A4862C #2CA44A #2C4AA4 #A42C86

square

#A4862C #2CA44A #2C4AA4 #A42C86

split-complementary

#A4862C #2C86A4 #4A2CA4

monochromatic

#433712 #745F1F #A4862C #CCA941 #D9BF71

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#A4862C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.02

#A4862C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A4862C

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4862C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4862C	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)

#95841F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B27B74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4862c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 134, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.112 89.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3a86b',
    500: '#a4862c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4862c;
$custom-light: #c3a86b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4862c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 57.692,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63173,
    "c": 0.11172,
    "h": 89.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4862C

secondary

#6B81C0

accent

#6DE147

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F07

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4862C

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

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