#A4872E#A4872E

#A4872E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.111 H 90.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4872E
RGB	rgb(164, 135, 46)
HSL	hsl(45, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(45, 72%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.7%, 72%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.48, 1.34, 49.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.48, 49.76, 88.46°)
OKLab	oklab(63.4% -0.0009 0.1109)
OKLCH	oklch(63.4% 0.111 90.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.4683, 25.4192, 6.2019)
Luminance	0.2542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4872E #2E4BA4

analogous

#A44C2E #A4872E #86A42E

triadic

#A4872E #2EA487 #872EA4

tetradic

#A4872E #2EA44C #2E4BA4 #A42E86

square

#A4872E #2EA44C #2E4BA4 #A42E86

split-complementary

#A4872E #2E86A4 #4C2EA4

monochromatic

#443813 #746021 #A4872E #CBAA45 #D8C074

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#A4872E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.08

#A4872E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A4872E

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4872E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4872E	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)

#968522

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B27C75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4872e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 135, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.111 90.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3a96c',
    500: '#a4872e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4872e;
$custom-light: #c3a96c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4872e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.254,
    "s": 56.19,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63402,
    "c": 0.11093,
    "h": 90.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4872E

secondary

#6E82C0

accent

#6DDF48

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#130F07

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4872E

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

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