#A48422#A48422

#A48422 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.117 H 89.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48422
RGB	rgb(164, 132, 34)
HSL	hsl(45, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(45, 79%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 79.3%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.60, 2.46, 53.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.60, 53.66, 87.37°)
OKLab	oklab(62.68% 0.001 0.1167)
OKLCH	oklch(62.68% 0.117 89.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.8513, 24.5121, 4.9881)
Luminance	0.2451 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48422 #2242A4

analogous

#A44322 #A48422 #83A422

triadic

#A48422 #22A484 #8422A4

tetradic

#A48422 #22A443 #2242A4 #A42283

square

#A48422 #22A443 #2242A4 #A42283

split-complementary

#A48422 #2283A4 #4322A4

monochromatic

#3F320D #715B17 #A48422 #D4AB2F #DEC062

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#A48422 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.90

#A48422 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48422

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48422	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48422	1.00	3.56	5.90	5.90
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94830E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8B28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B27871

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48422;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 132, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.117 89.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3a766',
    500: '#a48422',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48422;
$custom-light: #c3a766;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48422",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.231,
    "s": 65.657,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62679,
    "c": 0.11668,
    "h": 89.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48422

secondary

#5E77C4

accent

#69E93F

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48422

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

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