#A48526#A48526

#A48526 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.115 H 89.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48526
RGB	rgb(164, 133, 38)
HSL	hsl(45, 62%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(45, 77%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.9%, 76.8%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.89, 2.07, 52.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.89, 52.43, 87.74°)
OKLab	oklab(62.92% 0.0003 0.115)
OKLCH	oklch(62.92% 0.115 89.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.0486, 24.8090, 5.3553)
Luminance	0.2481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48526 #2645A4

analogous

#A44626 #A48526 #84A426

triadic

#A48526 #26A485 #8526A4

tetradic

#A48526 #26A446 #2645A4 #A42684

square

#A48526 #26A446 #2645A4 #A42684

split-complementary

#A48526 #2684A4 #4626A4

monochromatic

#41340F #725D1A #A48526 #D1AB37 #DCC068

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#A48526 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.96

#A48526 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48526

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48526	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48526	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)

#958415

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8C2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B27972

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48526;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 133, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.115 89.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3a868',
    500: '#a48526',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48526;
$custom-light: #c3a868;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48526",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.238,
    "s": 62.376,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62917,
    "c": 0.11495,
    "h": 89.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48526

secondary

#647BC2

accent

#6AE542

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48526

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

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