#A48527#A48527

#A48527 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.114 H 89.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48527
RGB	rgb(164, 133, 39)
HSL	hsl(45, 62%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(45, 76%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.9%, 76.2%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.90, 2.11, 52.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.90, 52.06, 87.68°)
OKLab	oklab(62.92% 0.0005 0.1144)
OKLCH	oklch(62.92% 0.114 89.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.0650, 24.8156, 5.4414)
Luminance	0.2481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48527 #2746A4

analogous

#A44727 #A48527 #85A427

triadic

#A48527 #27A485 #8527A4

tetradic

#A48527 #27A447 #2746A4 #A42785

square

#A48527 #27A447 #2746A4 #A42785

split-complementary

#A48527 #2785A4 #4727A4

monochromatic

#41350F #735D1B #A48527 #D0AA38 #DCBF6A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#A48527 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.96

#A48527 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48527

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48527	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48527	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)

#958417

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8C2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B27973

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48527;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 133, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.114 89.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3a868',
    500: '#a48527',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48527;
$custom-light: #c3a868;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48527",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.12,
    "s": 61.576,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62924,
    "c": 0.11435,
    "h": 89.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48527

secondary

#657CC2

accent

#6BE543

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48527

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

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