#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
RGBrgb(164, 133, 36)
HSLhsl(45, 64%, 39%)
HSVhsv(45, 78%, 64%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 18.9%, 78%, 35.7%)
CIE-LABlab(56.88, 1.98, 53.13)
CIE-LCHlch(56.88, 53.17, 87.86°)
OKLaboklab(62.9% -0.0002 0.1161)
OKLCHoklch(62.9% 0.116 90.1)
XYZxyz(24.0172, 24.7965, 5.1899)
Luminance0.2480 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##A485241.003.525.965.96
#FFFFFF3.521.0021.0021.00
#0000005.9621.001.001.00
##0000005.9621.001.001.00

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

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#A48524 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva