#A4872C#A4872C

#A4872C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.112 H 90.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4872C
RGB	rgb(164, 135, 44)
HSL	hsl(46, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(46, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.7%, 73.2%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.47, 1.24, 50.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.47, 50.58, 88.60°)
OKLab	oklab(63.39% -0.0014 0.1123)
OKLCH	oklch(63.39% 0.112 90.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.4298, 25.4038, 5.9991)
Luminance	0.2540 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4872C #2C49A4

analogous

#A44B2C #A4872C #85A42C

triadic

#A4872C #2CA487 #872CA4

tetradic

#A4872C #2CA44B #2C49A4 #A42C85

square

#A4872C #2CA44B #2C49A4 #A42C85

split-complementary

#A4872C #2C85A4 #4B2CA4

monochromatic

#433812 #745F1F #A4872C #CCAA41 #D9C071

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#A4872C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.08

#A4872C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A4872C

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4872C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4872C	1.00	3.45	6.08	6.08
#FFFFFF	3.45	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)

#96851F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B27C75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4872c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 135, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.112 90.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3a96b',
    500: '#a4872c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4872c;
$custom-light: #c3a96b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4872c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.5,
    "s": 57.692,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63385,
    "c": 0.1123,
    "h": 90.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4872C

secondary

#6B80C0

accent

#6CE147

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F07

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4872C

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

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