#A48932#A48932

#A48932 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.109 H 91.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48932
RGB	rgb(164, 137, 50)
HSL	hsl(46, 53%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(46, 70%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 69.5%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.05, 0.45, 48.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.05, 48.60, 89.47°)
OKLab	oklab(63.86% -0.0029 0.1092)
OKLCH	oklch(63.86% 0.109 91.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.8325, 26.0156, 6.7305)
Luminance	0.2601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48932 #324DA4

analogous

#A45032 #A48932 #86A432

triadic

#A48932 #32A489 #8932A4

tetradic

#A48932 #32A450 #324DA4 #A43286

square

#A48932 #32A450 #324DA4 #A43286

split-complementary

#A48932 #3286A4 #5032A4

monochromatic

#463B15 #756224 #A48932 #C8AB4B #D6C17A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#A48932 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.20

#A48932 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48932

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48932	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48932	1.00	3.39	6.20	6.20
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988727

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B17E77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48932;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 137, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.109 91.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2ab6f',
    500: '#a48932',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48932;
$custom-light: #c2ab6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48932",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.789,
    "s": 53.271,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63861,
    "c": 0.10928,
    "h": 91.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48932

secondary

#7385BF

accent

#6EDD4B

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48932

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

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