#A48936#A48936

#A48936 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.106 H 90.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48936
RGB	rgb(164, 137, 54)
HSL	hsl(45, 50%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(45, 67%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 67.1%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.09, 0.69, 46.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.09, 46.84, 89.15°)
OKLab	oklab(63.9% -0.0017 0.1062)
OKLCH	oklch(63.9% 0.106 90.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.9226, 26.0516, 7.2051)
Luminance	0.2605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48936 #3651A4

analogous

#A45236 #A48936 #88A436

triadic

#A48936 #36A489 #8936A4

tetradic

#A48936 #36A452 #3651A4 #A43688

square

#A48936 #36A452 #3651A4 #A43688

split-complementary

#A48936 #3688A4 #5236A4

monochromatic

#483C18 #766327 #A48936 #C6A951 #D5C07F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#A48936 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.21

#A48936 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48936

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48936	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48936	1.00	3.38	6.21	6.21
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98872C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8F3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B17E77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48936;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 137, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.106 90.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2ab71',
    500: '#a48936',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48936;
$custom-light: #c2ab71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48936",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.273,
    "s": 50.459,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63899,
    "c": 0.10622,
    "h": 90.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48936

secondary

#7889BE

accent

#70DA4E

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48936

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

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