#A7841B#A7841B

#A7841B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.121 H 88.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A7841B
RGB	rgb(167, 132, 27)
HSL	hsl(45, 72%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(45, 84%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21%, 83.8%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.88, 3.59, 56.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.88, 56.42, 86.36°)
OKLab	oklab(62.96% 0.0033 0.1208)
OKLCH	oklch(62.96% 0.121 88.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.3870, 24.7988, 4.5389)
Luminance	0.2480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A7841B #1B3EA7

analogous

#A73E1B #A7841B #84A71B

triadic

#A7841B #1BA784 #841BA7

tetradic

#A7841B #1BA73E #1B3EA7 #A71B84

square

#A7841B #1BA73E #1B3EA7 #A71B84

split-complementary

#A7841B #1B84A7 #3E1BA7

monochromatic

#3E310A #725A12 #A7841B #DCAE24 #E4C158

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#A7841B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.96

#A7841B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A7841B

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A7841B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A7841B	1.00	3.52	5.96	5.96
#FFFFFF	3.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#958300

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8C22

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B67771

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a7841b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 132, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.121 88.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6a762',
    500: '#a7841b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a7841b;
$custom-light: #c6a762;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a7841b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 72.165,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62962,
    "c": 0.12085,
    "h": 88.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24797
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A7841B

secondary

#5673C8

accent

#66EF39

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#140F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A7841B

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

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