#A4912A#A4912A

#A4912A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.120 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4912A
RGB	rgb(164, 145, 42)
HSL	hsl(51, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(51, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 74.4%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.17, -4.35, 54.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.17, 54.18, 94.60°)
OKLab	oklab(65.52% -0.0176 0.1192)
OKLCH	oklch(65.52% 0.12 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.8544, 28.3118, 6.2929)
Luminance	0.2831 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4912A #2A3DA4

analogous

#A4542A #A4912A #7AA42A

triadic

#A4912A #2AA491 #912AA4

tetradic

#A4912A #2AA454 #2A3DA4 #A42A7A

square

#A4912A #2AA454 #2A3DA4 #A42A7A

split-complementary

#A4912A #2A7AA4 #542AA4

monochromatic

#433B11 #73661E #A4912A #CDB73E #DAC96E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#A4912A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.66

#A4912A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A4912A

6.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4912A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4912A	1.00	3.15	6.66	6.66
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A08D18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59431

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1867D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4912a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 145, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.120 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b06b',
    500: '#a4912a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4912a;
$custom-light: #c3b06b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4912a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.656,
    "s": 59.223,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65518,
    "c": 0.12047,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4912A

secondary

#6977C1

accent

#5EE245

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4912A

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

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