#A48830#A48830

#A48830 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.110 H 91.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48830
RGB	rgb(164, 136, 48)
HSL	hsl(46, 55%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(46, 71%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 70.7%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.77, 0.89, 49.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.77, 49.18, 88.96°)
OKLab	oklab(63.63% -0.0019 0.1101)
OKLCH	oklch(63.63% 0.11 91)
XYZ	xyz(24.6488, 25.7157, 6.4611)
Luminance	0.2571 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48830 #304CA4

analogous

#A44E30 #A48830 #86A430

triadic

#A48830 #30A488 #8830A4

tetradic

#A48830 #30A44E #304CA4 #A43086

square

#A48830 #30A44E #304CA4 #A43086

split-complementary

#A48830 #3086A4 #4E30A4

monochromatic

#453914 #756122 #A48830 #C9AA48 #D7C077

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#A48830 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.14

#A48830 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48830

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48830	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48830	1.00	3.42	6.14	6.14
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978624

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B17D76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48830;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 136, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.110 91.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3aa6d',
    500: '#a48830',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48830;
$custom-light: #c3aa6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48830",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.517,
    "s": 54.717,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63631,
    "c": 0.11012,
    "h": 91
  },
  "luminance": 0.25714
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48830

secondary

#7083BF

accent

#6EDE4A

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48830

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

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