#A48A27#A48A27

#A48A27 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.117 H 93.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48A27
RGB	rgb(164, 138, 39)
HSL	hsl(48, 62%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(48, 76%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 76.2%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.24, -0.66, 53.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.24, 53.30, 90.71°)
OKLab	oklab(63.99% -0.0074 0.1171)
OKLCH	oklch(63.99% 0.117 93.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.7659, 26.2174, 5.6751)
Luminance	0.2622 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48A27 #2741A4

analogous

#A44C27 #A48A27 #80A427

triadic

#A48A27 #27A48A #8A27A4

tetradic

#A48A27 #27A44C #2741A4 #A42780

square

#A48A27 #27A44C #2741A4 #A42780

split-complementary

#A48A27 #2780A4 #4C27A4

monochromatic

#41370F #73601B #A48A27 #D0B038 #DCC46A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#A48A27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.24

#A48A27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48A27

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48A27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48A27	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)

#998815

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A08F2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B27F77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48a27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 138, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.117 93.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3ab69',
    500: '#a48a27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48a27;
$custom-light: #c3ab69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48a27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.52,
    "s": 61.576,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63987,
    "c": 0.11731,
    "h": 93.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48A27

secondary

#6578C2

accent

#65E543

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48A27

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

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