#A48724#A48724

#A48724 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.117 H 91.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48724
RGB	rgb(164, 135, 36)
HSL	hsl(46, 64%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(46, 78%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.7%, 78%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.41, 0.87, 53.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.41, 53.64, 89.07°)
OKLab	oklab(63.33% -0.0034 0.1172)
OKLCH	oklch(63.33% 0.117 91.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.2937, 25.3493, 5.2821)
Luminance	0.2535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48724 #2441A4

analogous

#A44724 #A48724 #81A424

triadic

#A48724 #24A487 #8724A4

tetradic

#A48724 #24A447 #2441A4 #A42481

square

#A48724 #24A447 #2441A4 #A42481

split-complementary

#A48724 #2481A4 #4724A4

monochromatic

#40340E #725E19 #A48724 #D2AE33 #DDC265

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#A48724 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.07

#A48724 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48724

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48724	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48724	1.00	3.46	6.07	6.07
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978511

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8D2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B27B74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48724;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 135, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.117 91.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3a967',
    500: '#a48724',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48724;
$custom-light: #c3a967;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48724",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.406,
    "s": 64,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63327,
    "c": 0.11722,
    "h": 91.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48724

secondary

#6177C3

accent

#66E741

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48724

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

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