#A48826#A48826

#A48826 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.117 H 92.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48826
RGB	rgb(164, 136, 38)
HSL	hsl(47, 62%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(47, 77%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 76.8%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.70, 0.40, 53.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.70, 53.16, 89.57°)
OKLab	oklab(63.55% -0.0045 0.1166)
OKLCH	oklch(63.55% 0.117 92.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.4652, 25.6423, 5.4942)
Luminance	0.2564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48826 #2642A4

analogous

#A44926 #A48826 #81A426

triadic

#A48826 #26A488 #8826A4

tetradic

#A48826 #26A449 #2642A4 #A42681

square

#A48826 #26A449 #2642A4 #A42681

split-complementary

#A48826 #2681A4 #4926A4

monochromatic

#41360F #725F1A #A48826 #D1AE37 #DCC268

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#A48826 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.13

#A48826 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48826

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48826	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48826	1.00	3.43	6.13	6.13
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978614

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B27C75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48826;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 136, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.117 92.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3aa68',
    500: '#a48826',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48826;
$custom-light: #c3aa68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48826",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.667,
    "s": 62.376,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63553,
    "c": 0.11666,
    "h": 92.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48826

secondary

#6479C2

accent

#67E542

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48826

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

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