#A48937#A48937

#A48937 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.105 H 90.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48937
RGB	rgb(164, 137, 55)
HSL	hsl(45, 50%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(45, 66%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 66.5%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.09, 0.75, 46.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.09, 46.40, 89.07°)
OKLab	oklab(63.91% -0.0014 0.1054)
OKLCH	oklch(63.91% 0.105 90.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.9463, 26.0611, 7.3300)
Luminance	0.2606 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48937 #3752A4

analogous

#A45337 #A48937 #88A437

triadic

#A48937 #37A489 #8937A4

tetradic

#A48937 #37A453 #3752A4 #A43788

square

#A48937 #37A453 #3752A4 #A43788

split-complementary

#A48937 #3788A4 #5337A4

monochromatic

#483C18 #766328 #A48937 #C5A953 #D5C081

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#A48937 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.21

#A48937 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48937

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48937	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48937	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)

#98872D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8F3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B17E78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48937;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 137, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.105 90.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2ab72',
    500: '#a48937',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48937;
$custom-light: #c2ab72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48937",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.138,
    "s": 49.772,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63909,
    "c": 0.10543,
    "h": 90.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48937

secondary

#798ABE

accent

#71D94F

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48937

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

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