#A48828#A48828

#A48828 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.115 H 92.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48828
RGB	rgb(164, 136, 40)
HSL	hsl(46, 61%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(46, 76%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 75.6%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.71, 0.49, 52.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.71, 52.41, 89.46°)
OKLab	oklab(63.57% -0.004 0.1154)
OKLCH	oklch(63.57% 0.115 92)
XYZ	xyz(24.4984, 25.6555, 5.6687)
Luminance	0.2565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48828 #2844A4

analogous

#A44A28 #A48828 #82A428

triadic

#A48828 #28A488 #8828A4

tetradic

#A48828 #28A44A #2844A4 #A42882

square

#A48828 #28A44A #2844A4 #A42882

split-complementary

#A48828 #2882A4 #4A28A4

monochromatic

#423610 #735F1C #A48828 #CFAD3A #DBC26B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#A48828 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.13

#A48828 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48828

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48828	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48828	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)

#978618

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B27C75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48828;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 136, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.115 92.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3aa69',
    500: '#a48828',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48828;
$custom-light: #c3aa69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48828",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.452,
    "s": 60.784,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63567,
    "c": 0.11546,
    "h": 92
  },
  "luminance": 0.25654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48828

secondary

#667BC1

accent

#68E444

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48828

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

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