#A48A32#A48A32

#A48A32 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.110 H 92.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48A32
RGB	rgb(164, 138, 50)
HSL	hsl(46, 53%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(46, 70%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 69.5%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.32, -0.10, 48.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.32, 48.88, 90.12°)
OKLab	oklab(64.08% -0.0045 0.1098)
OKLCH	oklch(64.08% 0.11 92.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.9753, 26.3012, 6.7781)
Luminance	0.2630 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48A32 #324CA4

analogous

#A45132 #A48A32 #85A432

triadic

#A48A32 #32A48A #8A32A4

tetradic

#A48A32 #32A451 #324CA4 #A43285

square

#A48A32 #32A451 #324CA4 #A43285

split-complementary

#A48A32 #3285A4 #5132A4

monochromatic

#463B15 #756324 #A48A32 #C8AC4B #D6C17A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#A48A32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.26

#A48A32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48A32

6.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48A32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48A32	1.00	3.35	6.26	6.26
#FFFFFF	3.35	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)

#998827

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B17F78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48a32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 138, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.110 92.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2ab6f',
    500: '#a48a32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48a32;
$custom-light: #c2ab6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48a32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.316,
    "s": 53.271,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64075,
    "c": 0.10993,
    "h": 92.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48A32

secondary

#7384BF

accent

#6CDD4B

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48A32

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

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