#A5872A#A5872A

#A5872A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.114 H 90.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5872A
RGB	rgb(165, 135, 42)
HSL	hsl(45, 59%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(45, 75%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 74.5%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.56, 1.59, 51.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.56, 51.53, 88.23°)
OKLab	oklab(63.47% -0.0007 0.1138)
OKLCH	oklch(63.47% 0.114 90.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.6003, 25.4960, 5.8155)
Luminance	0.2549 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5872A #2A48A5

analogous

#A54A2A #A5872A #85A52A

triadic

#A5872A #2AA587 #872AA5

tetradic

#A5872A #2AA54A #2A48A5 #A52A85

square

#A5872A #2AA54A #2A48A5 #A52A85

split-complementary

#A5872A #2A85A5 #4A2AA5

monochromatic

#433711 #745F1E #A5872A #CEAB3E #DAC06F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#A5872A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.10

#A5872A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A5872A

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5872A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5872A	1.00	3.44	6.10	6.10
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97851B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B37B75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5872a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 135, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.114 90.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4a96a',
    500: '#a5872a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5872a;
$custom-light: #c4a96a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5872a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.366,
    "s": 59.42,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63474,
    "c": 0.11383,
    "h": 90.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5872A

secondary

#697FC1

accent

#6CE345

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F07

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5872A

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

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