#A48424#A48424

#A48424 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.116 H 89.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48424
RGB	rgb(164, 132, 36)
HSL	hsl(45, 64%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(45, 78%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 78%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.61, 2.54, 52.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.61, 52.95, 87.25°)
OKLab	oklab(62.69% 0.0014 0.1156)
OKLCH	oklch(62.69% 0.116 89.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.8810, 24.5240, 5.1445)
Luminance	0.2452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48424 #2444A4

analogous

#A44424 #A48424 #84A424

triadic

#A48424 #24A484 #8424A4

tetradic

#A48424 #24A444 #2444A4 #A42484

square

#A48424 #24A444 #2444A4 #A42484

split-complementary

#A48424 #2484A4 #4424A4

monochromatic

#40330E #725C19 #A48424 #D2AA33 #DDBF65

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#A48424 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.90

#A48424 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48424

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48424	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48424	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)

#948312

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8B29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B27871

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48424;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 132, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.116 89.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3a767',
    500: '#a48424',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48424;
$custom-light: #c3a767;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48424",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 64,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62692,
    "c": 0.11558,
    "h": 89.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48424

secondary

#6179C3

accent

#6AE741

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48424

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

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