#A5872D#A5872D

#A5872D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.112 H 90.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5872D
RGB	rgb(165, 135, 45)
HSL	hsl(45, 57%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(45, 73%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 72.7%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.58, 1.74, 50.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.58, 50.32, 88.02°)
OKLab	oklab(63.5% 0.0001 0.1119)
OKLCH	oklch(63.5% 0.112 90)
XYZ	xyz(24.6561, 25.5183, 6.1090)
Luminance	0.2552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5872D #2D4BA5

analogous

#A54B2D #A5872D #87A52D

triadic

#A5872D #2DA587 #872DA5

tetradic

#A5872D #2DA54B #2D4BA5 #A52D87

square

#A5872D #2DA54B #2D4BA5 #A52D87

split-complementary

#A5872D #2D87A5 #4B2DA5

monochromatic

#453813 #756020 #A5872D #CCAA43 #D9C073

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#A5872D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.10

#A5872D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A5872D

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5872D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5872D	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)

#968520

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B37C75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5872d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 135, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.112 90.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3a96c',
    500: '#a5872d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5872d;
$custom-light: #c3a96c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5872d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63498,
    "c": 0.11186,
    "h": 90
  },
  "luminance": 0.25517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5872D

secondary

#6D82C1

accent

#6EE047

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#130F07

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5872D

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

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