#A48A33#A48A33

#A48A33 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.109 H 92.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48A33
RGB	rgb(164, 138, 51)
HSL	hsl(46, 53%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(46, 69%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 68.9%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.33, -0.04, 48.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.33, 48.45, 90.05°)
OKLab	oklab(64.08% -0.0042 0.1091)
OKLCH	oklch(64.08% 0.109 92.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.9971, 26.3099, 6.8930)
Luminance	0.2631 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48A33 #334DA4

analogous

#A45233 #A48A33 #85A433

triadic

#A48A33 #33A48A #8A33A4

tetradic

#A48A33 #33A452 #334DA4 #A43385

square

#A48A33 #33A452 #334DA4 #A43385

split-complementary

#A48A33 #3385A4 #5233A4

monochromatic

#473B16 #756324 #A48A33 #C8AB4D #D6C17B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#A48A33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.26

#A48A33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48A33

6.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48A33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48A33	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)

#998828

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B17F78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48a33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 138, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.109 92.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2ab6f',
    500: '#a48a33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48a33;
$custom-light: #c2ab6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48a33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.195,
    "s": 52.558,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64084,
    "c": 0.10918,
    "h": 92.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48A33

secondary

#7485BF

accent

#6DDC4C

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48A33

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

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