#A48A26#A48A26

#A48A26 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.118 H 93.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48A26
RGB	rgb(164, 138, 38)
HSL	hsl(48, 62%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(48, 77%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 76.8%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.24, -0.70, 53.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.24, 53.67, 90.75°)
OKLab	oklab(63.98% -0.0076 0.1177)
OKLCH	oklch(63.98% 0.118 93.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.7495, 26.2109, 5.5890)
Luminance	0.2621 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48A26 #2640A4

analogous

#A44B26 #A48A26 #7FA426

triadic

#A48A26 #26A48A #8A26A4

tetradic

#A48A26 #26A44B #2640A4 #A4267F

square

#A48A26 #26A44B #2640A4 #A4267F

split-complementary

#A48A26 #267FA4 #4B26A4

monochromatic

#41360F #72601A #A48A26 #D1B137 #DCC468

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#A48A26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.24

#A48A26 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48A26

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48A26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48A26	1.00	3.36	6.24	6.24
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998813

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A08F2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B27E77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48a26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 138, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.118 93.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3ab68',
    500: '#a48a26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48a26;
$custom-light: #c3ab68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48a26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.619,
    "s": 62.376,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6398,
    "c": 0.11791,
    "h": 93.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48A26

secondary

#6477C2

accent

#64E542

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48A26

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

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