#A48A35#A48A35

#A48A35 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.108 H 91.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48A35
RGB	rgb(164, 138, 53)
HSL	hsl(46, 51%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(46, 68%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 67.7%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.35, 0.08, 47.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.35, 47.57, 89.91°)
OKLab	oklab(64.1% -0.0036 0.1076)
OKLCH	oklch(64.1% 0.108 91.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.0422, 26.3279, 7.1302)
Luminance	0.2633 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48A35 #354FA4

analogous

#A45335 #A48A35 #86A435

triadic

#A48A35 #35A48A #8A35A4

tetradic

#A48A35 #35A453 #354FA4 #A43586

square

#A48A35 #35A453 #354FA4 #A43586

split-complementary

#A48A35 #3586A4 #5335A4

monochromatic

#473C17 #766326 #A48A35 #C6AB50 #D5C17E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#A48A35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.27

#A48A35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48A35

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48A35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48A35	1.00	3.35	6.27	6.27
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99882B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B17F78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48a35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 138, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.108 91.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2ab71',
    500: '#a48a35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48a35;
$custom-light: #c2ab71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48a35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.946,
    "s": 51.152,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64103,
    "c": 0.10765,
    "h": 91.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48A35

secondary

#7687BE

accent

#6EDB4D

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48A35

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

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