#A6851F#A6851F

#A6851F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.119 H 89.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6851F
RGB	rgb(166, 133, 31)
HSL	hsl(45, 69%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(45, 81%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.9%, 81.3%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.06, 2.70, 55.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.06, 55.21, 87.19°)
OKLab	oklab(63.09% 0.0013 0.1192)
OKLCH	oklch(63.09% 0.119 89.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.3622, 24.9826, 4.8350)
Luminance	0.2498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6851F #1F40A6

analogous

#A6411F #A6851F #83A61F

triadic

#A6851F #1FA685 #851FA6

tetradic

#A6851F #1FA641 #1F40A6 #A61F83

square

#A6851F #1FA641 #1F40A6 #A61F83

split-complementary

#A6851F #1F83A6 #411FA6

monochromatic

#3F320C #725C15 #A6851F #D7AD2B #E1C15E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#A6851F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.00

#A6851F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A6851F

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6851F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6851F	1.00	3.50	6.00	6.00
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#958405

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D25

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B47972

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6851f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 133, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.119 89.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5a864',
    500: '#a6851f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6851f;
$custom-light: #c5a864;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6851f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.333,
    "s": 68.528,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63086,
    "c": 0.11922,
    "h": 89.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6851F

secondary

#5B75C5

accent

#67EB3C

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#140F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6851F

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

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