#A5872C#A5872C

#A5872C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.113 H 90.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5872C
RGB	rgb(165, 135, 44)
HSL	hsl(45, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(45, 73%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 73.3%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.57, 1.69, 50.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.57, 50.73, 88.09°)
OKLab	oklab(63.49% -0.0002 0.1125)
OKLCH	oklch(63.49% 0.113 90.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.6370, 25.5106, 6.0088)
Luminance	0.2551 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5872C #2C4AA5

analogous

#A54A2C #A5872C #86A52C

triadic

#A5872C #2CA587 #872CA5

tetradic

#A5872C #2CA54A #2C4AA5 #A52C86

square

#A5872C #2CA54A #2C4AA5 #A52C86

split-complementary

#A5872C #2C86A5 #4A2CA5

monochromatic

#443812 #755F1F #A5872C #CDAA42 #D9C072

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#A5872C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.10

#A5872C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A5872C

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5872C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5872C	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)

#96851F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B37B75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5872c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 135, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.113 90.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3a96b',
    500: '#a5872c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5872c;
$custom-light: #c3a96b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5872c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.124,
    "s": 57.895,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6349,
    "c": 0.11253,
    "h": 90.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25509
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5872C

secondary

#6C81C1

accent

#6DE147

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F07

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5872C

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

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