#A4872F#A4872F

#A4872F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.110 H 90.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4872F
RGB	rgb(164, 135, 47)
HSL	hsl(45, 55%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(45, 71%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.7%, 71.3%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.49, 1.39, 49.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.49, 49.34, 88.38°)
OKLab	oklab(63.41% -0.0006 0.1102)
OKLCH	oklch(63.41% 0.11 90.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.4882, 25.4272, 6.3069)
Luminance	0.2543 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4872F #2F4CA4

analogous

#A44D2F #A4872F #87A42F

triadic

#A4872F #2FA487 #872FA4

tetradic

#A4872F #2FA44D #2F4CA4 #A42F87

square

#A4872F #2FA44D #2F4CA4 #A42F87

split-complementary

#A4872F #2F87A4 #4D2FA4

monochromatic

#453914 #746021 #A4872F #CAA946 #D8BF76

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#A4872F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.09

#A4872F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A4872F

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4872F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4872F	1.00	3.45	6.09	6.09
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968523

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B17C75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4872f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 135, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.110 90.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3a96d',
    500: '#a4872f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4872f;
$custom-light: #c3a96d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4872f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.128,
    "s": 55.45,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6341,
    "c": 0.11023,
    "h": 90.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4872F

secondary

#6F83C0

accent

#6EDF49

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#130F07

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4872F

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

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