#A48524#A48524

#A48524 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.116 H 90.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48524
RGB	rgb(164, 133, 36)
HSL	hsl(45, 64%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(45, 78%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.9%, 78%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.88, 1.98, 53.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.88, 53.17, 87.86°)
OKLab	oklab(62.9% -0.0002 0.1161)
OKLCH	oklch(62.9% 0.116 90.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.0172, 24.7965, 5.1899)
Luminance	0.2480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48524 #2443A4

analogous

#A44524 #A48524 #83A424

triadic

#A48524 #24A485 #8524A4

tetradic

#A48524 #24A445 #2443A4 #A42483

square

#A48524 #24A445 #2443A4 #A42483

split-complementary

#A48524 #2483A4 #4524A4

monochromatic

#40340E #725C19 #A48524 #D2AC33 #DDC065

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#A48524 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.96

#A48524 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48524

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48524	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48524	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)

#958312

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8C2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B27972

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48524;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 133, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.116 90.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3a867',
    500: '#a48524',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48524;
$custom-light: #c3a867;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48524",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.469,
    "s": 64,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62903,
    "c": 0.1161,
    "h": 90.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48524

secondary

#6179C3

accent

#69E741

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48524

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

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