#A48A30#A48A30

#A48A30 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.111 H 92.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48A30
RGB	rgb(164, 138, 48)
HSL	hsl(47, 55%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(47, 71%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 70.7%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.31, -0.21, 49.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.31, 49.73, 90.24°)
OKLab	oklab(64.06% -0.0051 0.1113)
OKLCH	oklch(64.06% 0.111 92.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.9331, 26.2843, 6.5558)
Luminance	0.2628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48A30 #304AA4

analogous

#A45030 #A48A30 #84A430

triadic

#A48A30 #30A48A #8A30A4

tetradic

#A48A30 #30A450 #304AA4 #A43084

square

#A48A30 #30A450 #304AA4 #A43084

split-complementary

#A48A30 #3084A4 #5030A4

monochromatic

#453A14 #756222 #A48A30 #C9AC48 #D7C277

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#A48A30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.26

#A48A30 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48A30

6.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48A30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48A30	1.00	3.36	6.26	6.26
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998824

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B17F78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48a30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 138, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.111 92.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2ab6e',
    500: '#a48a30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48a30;
$custom-light: #c2ab6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48a30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.552,
    "s": 54.717,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64057,
    "c": 0.11139,
    "h": 92.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26283
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48A30

secondary

#7082BF

accent

#6BDE4A

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48A30

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

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