#A48833#A48833

#A48833 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.108 H 90.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48833
RGB	rgb(164, 136, 51)
HSL	hsl(45, 53%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(45, 69%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 68.9%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.79, 1.06, 47.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.79, 47.89, 88.73°)
OKLab	oklab(63.66% -0.001 0.1079)
OKLCH	oklch(63.66% 0.108 90.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.7128, 25.7413, 6.7982)
Luminance	0.2574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48833 #334FA4

analogous

#A45033 #A48833 #87A433

triadic

#A48833 #33A488 #8833A4

tetradic

#A48833 #33A450 #334FA4 #A43387

square

#A48833 #33A450 #334FA4 #A43387

split-complementary

#A48833 #3387A4 #5033A4

monochromatic

#473B16 #756124 #A48833 #C8A94D #D6C07B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#A48833 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#A48833 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48833

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48833	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48833	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)

#978628

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B17D76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48833;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 136, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.108 90.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2aa6f',
    500: '#a48833',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48833;
$custom-light: #c2aa6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48833",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.133,
    "s": 52.558,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63658,
    "c": 0.10792,
    "h": 90.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48833

secondary

#7487BF

accent

#70DC4C

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48833

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

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