#A48933#A48933

#A48933 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.109 H 91.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48933
RGB	rgb(164, 137, 51)
HSL	hsl(46, 53%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(46, 69%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 68.9%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.06, 0.51, 48.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.06, 48.17, 89.39°)
OKLab	oklab(63.87% -0.0026 0.1085)
OKLCH	oklch(63.87% 0.109 91.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.8543, 26.0243, 6.8454)
Luminance	0.2602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48933 #334EA4

analogous

#A45133 #A48933 #86A433

triadic

#A48933 #33A489 #8933A4

tetradic

#A48933 #33A451 #334EA4 #A43386

square

#A48933 #33A451 #334EA4 #A43386

split-complementary

#A48933 #3386A4 #5133A4

monochromatic

#473B16 #756224 #A48933 #C8AA4D #D6C07B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#A48933 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.20

#A48933 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48933

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48933	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48933	1.00	3.38	6.20	6.20
#FFFFFF	3.38	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)

#988728

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8F37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B17E77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48933;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 137, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.109 91.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2ab6f',
    500: '#a48933',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48933;
$custom-light: #c2ab6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48933",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.664,
    "s": 52.558,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63871,
    "c": 0.10853,
    "h": 91.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48933

secondary

#7486BF

accent

#6EDC4C

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48933

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

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