#A48831#A48831

#A48831 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.109 H 90.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48831
RGB	rgb(164, 136, 49)
HSL	hsl(45, 54%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(45, 70%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 70.1%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.77, 0.95, 48.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.77, 48.76, 88.88°)
OKLab	oklab(63.64% -0.0016 0.1094)
OKLCH	oklch(63.64% 0.109 90.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.6697, 25.7240, 6.5710)
Luminance	0.2572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48831 #314DA4

analogous

#A44E31 #A48831 #87A431

triadic

#A48831 #31A488 #8831A4

tetradic

#A48831 #31A44E #314DA4 #A43187

square

#A48831 #31A44E #314DA4 #A43187

split-complementary

#A48831 #3187A4 #4E31A4

monochromatic

#463A15 #756123 #A48831 #C9AA49 #D7C079

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#A48831 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.14

#A48831 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48831

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48831	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48831	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)

#978626

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B17D76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48831;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 136, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.109 90.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2aa6e',
    500: '#a48831',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48831;
$custom-light: #c2aa6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48831",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.391,
    "s": 53.991,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6364,
    "c": 0.1094,
    "h": 90.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48831

secondary

#7285BF

accent

#6EDD4A

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48831

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

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