#A7851D#A7851D

#A7851D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.120 H 89.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A7851D
RGB	rgb(167, 133, 29)
HSL	hsl(45, 70%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(45, 83%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.4%, 82.6%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.15, 3.09, 55.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.15, 56.00, 86.83°)
OKLab	oklab(63.18% 0.0021 0.1204)
OKLCH	oklch(63.18% 0.12 89)
XYZ	xyz(24.5472, 25.0809, 4.7104)
Luminance	0.2508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A7851D #1D3FA7

analogous

#A7401D #A7851D #84A71D

triadic

#A7851D #1DA785 #851DA7

tetradic

#A7851D #1DA740 #1D3FA7 #A71D84

square

#A7851D #1DA740 #1D3FA7 #A71D84

split-complementary

#A7851D #1D84A7 #401DA7

monochromatic

#3F320B #735B14 #A7851D #DAAE28 #E3C15C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#A7851D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.02

#A7851D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A7851D

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A7851D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A7851D	1.00	3.49	6.02	6.02
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8D24

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B67972

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a7851d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 133, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.120 89.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6a863',
    500: '#a7851d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a7851d;
$custom-light: #c6a863;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a7851d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.217,
    "s": 70.408,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63182,
    "c": 0.12042,
    "h": 89
  },
  "luminance": 0.25079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A7851D

secondary

#5974C7

accent

#67ED3B

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#140F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A7851D

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

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