#A4872A#A4872A

#A4872A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.114 H 91.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4872A
RGB	rgb(164, 135, 42)
HSL	hsl(46, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(46, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.7%, 74.4%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.45, 1.14, 51.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.45, 51.38, 88.73°)
OKLab	oklab(63.37% -0.0019 0.1136)
OKLCH	oklch(63.37% 0.114 91)
XYZ	xyz(24.3931, 25.3891, 5.8058)
Luminance	0.2539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4872A #2A47A4

analogous

#A44A2A #A4872A #84A42A

triadic

#A4872A #2AA487 #872AA4

tetradic

#A4872A #2AA44A #2A47A4 #A42A84

square

#A4872A #2AA44A #2A47A4 #A42A84

split-complementary

#A4872A #2A84A4 #4A2AA4

monochromatic

#433711 #735F1E #A4872A #CDAB3E #DAC06E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#A4872A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.08

#A4872A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A4872A

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4872A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4872A	1.00	3.46	6.08	6.08
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96851B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8D2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B27C75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4872a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 135, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.114 91.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3a96a',
    500: '#a4872a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4872a;
$custom-light: #c3a96a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4872a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.738,
    "s": 59.223,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63369,
    "c": 0.11361,
    "h": 91
  },
  "luminance": 0.25388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4872A

secondary

#697EC1

accent

#6BE245

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F07

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4872A

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

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