#A48827#A48827

#A48827 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.116 H 92.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48827
RGB	rgb(164, 136, 39)
HSL	hsl(47, 62%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(47, 76%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 76.2%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.70, 0.45, 52.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.70, 52.78, 89.51°)
OKLab	oklab(63.56% -0.0042 0.116)
OKLCH	oklch(63.56% 0.116 92.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.4816, 25.6488, 5.5803)
Luminance	0.2565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48827 #2743A4

analogous

#A44A27 #A48827 #82A427

triadic

#A48827 #27A488 #8827A4

tetradic

#A48827 #27A44A #2743A4 #A42782

square

#A48827 #27A44A #2743A4 #A42782

split-complementary

#A48827 #2782A4 #4A27A4

monochromatic

#41360F #735F1B #A48827 #D0AE38 #DCC26A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#A48827 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.13

#A48827 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48827

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48827	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48827	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)

#978616

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B27C75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48827;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 136, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.116 92.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3aa68',
    500: '#a48827',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48827;
$custom-light: #c3aa68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48827",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.56,
    "s": 61.576,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6356,
    "c": 0.11607,
    "h": 92.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48827

secondary

#657AC2

accent

#67E543

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48827

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

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