#A48A31#A48A31

#A48A31 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.111 H 92.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48A31
RGB	rgb(164, 138, 49)
HSL	hsl(46, 54%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(46, 70%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 70.1%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.31, -0.16, 49.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.31, 49.30, 90.18°)
OKLab	oklab(64.07% -0.0048 0.1106)
OKLCH	oklch(64.07% 0.111 92.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.9540, 26.2926, 6.6657)
Luminance	0.2629 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48A31 #314BA4

analogous

#A45131 #A48A31 #85A431

triadic

#A48A31 #31A48A #8A31A4

tetradic

#A48A31 #31A451 #314BA4 #A43185

square

#A48A31 #31A451 #314BA4 #A43185

split-complementary

#A48A31 #3185A4 #5131A4

monochromatic

#463B15 #756223 #A48A31 #C9AC49 #D7C279

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#A48A31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.26

#A48A31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48A31

6.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48A31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48A31	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)

#998825

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B17F78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48a31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 138, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.111 92.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2ab6e',
    500: '#a48a31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48a31;
$custom-light: #c2ab6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48a31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.435,
    "s": 53.991,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64066,
    "c": 0.11066,
    "h": 92.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48A31

secondary

#7283BF

accent

#6CDD4A

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48A31

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

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