#A6872A#A6872A

#A6872A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.114 H 89.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6872A
RGB	rgb(166, 135, 42)
HSL	hsl(45, 60%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(45, 75%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.7%, 74.7%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.66, 2.05, 51.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.66, 51.68, 87.73°)
OKLab	oklab(63.58% 0.0006 0.1141)
OKLCH	oklch(63.58% 0.114 89.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.8092, 25.6037, 5.8253)
Luminance	0.2560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6872A #2A49A6

analogous

#A6492A #A6872A #87A62A

triadic

#A6872A #2AA687 #872AA6

tetradic

#A6872A #2AA649 #2A49A6 #A62A87

square

#A6872A #2AA649 #2A49A6 #A62A87

split-complementary

#A6872A #2A87A6 #492AA6

monochromatic

#443811 #755F1E #A6872A #CEAA3F #DBC070

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#A6872A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.12

#A6872A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A6872A

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6872A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6872A	1.00	3.43	6.12	6.12
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97851B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B47B75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6872a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 135, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.114 89.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4a96a',
    500: '#a6872a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6872a;
$custom-light: #c4a96a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6872a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 59.615,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6358,
    "c": 0.11408,
    "h": 89.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6872A

secondary

#6A80C2

accent

#6CE345

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F07

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6872A

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

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