#A48528#A48528

#A48528 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.114 H 89.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48528
RGB	rgb(164, 133, 40)
HSL	hsl(45, 61%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(45, 76%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.9%, 75.6%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.90, 2.16, 51.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.90, 51.67, 87.61°)
OKLab	oklab(62.93% 0.0008 0.1137)
OKLCH	oklch(62.93% 0.114 89.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.0818, 24.8223, 5.5299)
Luminance	0.2482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48528 #2847A4

analogous

#A44728 #A48528 #85A428

triadic

#A48528 #28A485 #8528A4

tetradic

#A48528 #28A447 #2847A4 #A42885

square

#A48528 #28A447 #2847A4 #A42885

split-complementary

#A48528 #2885A4 #4728A4

monochromatic

#423510 #735D1C #A48528 #CFAA3A #DBBF6B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#A48528 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.96

#A48528 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48528

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48528	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48528	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)

#958419

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8C2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B27973

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48528;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 133, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.114 89.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3a869',
    500: '#a48528',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48528;
$custom-light: #c3a869;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48528",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 60.784,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62931,
    "c": 0.11374,
    "h": 89.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48528

secondary

#667DC1

accent

#6CE444

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F07

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48528

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

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