#A48829#A48829

#A48829 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.115 H 91.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48829
RGB	rgb(164, 136, 41)
HSL	hsl(46, 60%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(46, 75%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 75%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.72, 0.54, 52.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.72, 52.02, 89.41°)
OKLab	oklab(63.57% -0.0038 0.1148)
OKLCH	oklch(63.57% 0.115 91.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.5156, 25.6624, 5.7595)
Luminance	0.2566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48829 #2945A4

analogous

#A44A29 #A48829 #83A429

triadic

#A48829 #29A488 #8829A4

tetradic

#A48829 #29A44A #2945A4 #A42983

square

#A48829 #29A44A #2945A4 #A42983

split-complementary

#A48829 #2983A4 #4A29A4

monochromatic

#423711 #735F1D #A48829 #CEAD3C #DAC26D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#A48829 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.13

#A48829 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48829

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48829	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48829	1.00	3.42	6.13	6.13
#FFFFFF	3.42	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)

#97861A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B27D75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48829;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 136, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.115 91.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3aa6a',
    500: '#a48829',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48829;
$custom-light: #c3aa6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48829",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.341,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63574,
    "c": 0.11483,
    "h": 91.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48829

secondary

#687CC1

accent

#69E345

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48829

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

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