#A48A29#A48A29

#A48A29 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.116 H 93.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48A29
RGB	rgb(164, 138, 41)
HSL	hsl(47, 60%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(47, 75%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 75%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.26, -0.57, 52.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.26, 52.54, 90.62°)
OKLab	oklab(64% -0.0069 0.1159)
OKLCH	oklch(64% 0.116 93.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.7999, 26.2310, 5.8542)
Luminance	0.2623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48A29 #2943A4

analogous

#A44C29 #A48A29 #80A429

triadic

#A48A29 #29A48A #8A29A4

tetradic

#A48A29 #29A44C #2943A4 #A42980

square

#A48A29 #29A44C #2943A4 #A42980

split-complementary

#A48A29 #2980A4 #4C29A4

monochromatic

#423811 #73611D #A48A29 #CEAF3C #DAC36D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#A48A29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.25

#A48A29 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48A29

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48A29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48A29	1.00	3.36	6.25	6.25
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998819

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A08F2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B27F77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48a29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 138, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.116 93.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3ab6a',
    500: '#a48a29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48a29;
$custom-light: #c3ab6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48a29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.317,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64001,
    "c": 0.11609,
    "h": 93.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48A29

secondary

#687BC1

accent

#66E345

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48A29

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

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