#A48832#A48832

#A48832 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.109 H 90.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48832
RGB	rgb(164, 136, 50)
HSL	hsl(45, 53%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(45, 70%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 69.5%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.78, 1.01, 48.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.78, 48.33, 88.81°)
OKLab	oklab(63.65% -0.0013 0.1087)
OKLCH	oklch(63.65% 0.109 90.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.6910, 25.7326, 6.6834)
Luminance	0.2573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48832 #324EA4

analogous

#A44F32 #A48832 #87A432

triadic

#A48832 #32A488 #8832A4

tetradic

#A48832 #32A44F #324EA4 #A43287

square

#A48832 #32A44F #324EA4 #A43287

split-complementary

#A48832 #3287A4 #4F32A4

monochromatic

#463A15 #756124 #A48832 #C8A94B #D6C07A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#A48832 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#A48832 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48832

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48832	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48832	1.00	3.42	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978627

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B17D76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48832;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 136, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.109 90.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2aa6f',
    500: '#a48832',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48832;
$custom-light: #c2aa6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48832",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.263,
    "s": 53.271,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63649,
    "c": 0.10866,
    "h": 90.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48832

secondary

#7386BF

accent

#6FDD4B

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48832

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

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