#A48522#A48522

#A48522 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.117 H 90.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48522
RGB	rgb(164, 133, 34)
HSL	hsl(46, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(46, 79%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.9%, 79.3%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.86, 1.90, 53.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.86, 53.88, 87.98°)
OKLab	oklab(62.89% -0.0006 0.1172)
OKLCH	oklch(62.89% 0.117 90.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.9875, 24.7846, 5.0335)
Luminance	0.2478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48522 #2241A4

analogous

#A44422 #A48522 #82A422

triadic

#A48522 #22A485 #8522A4

tetradic

#A48522 #22A444 #2241A4 #A42282

square

#A48522 #22A444 #2241A4 #A42282

split-complementary

#A48522 #2282A4 #4422A4

monochromatic

#3F330D #715C17 #A48522 #D4AD2F #DEC162

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#A48522 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.96

#A48522 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48522

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48522	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48522	1.00	3.53	5.96	5.96
#FFFFFF	3.53	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)

#95830D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8C28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B27972

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48522;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 133, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.117 90.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3a866',
    500: '#a48522',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48522;
$custom-light: #c3a866;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48522",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.692,
    "s": 65.657,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6289,
    "c": 0.1172,
    "h": 90.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48522

secondary

#5E76C4

accent

#68E93F

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48522

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

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