#A48A36#A48A36

#A48A36 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.107 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48A36
RGB	rgb(164, 138, 54)
HSL	hsl(46, 50%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(46, 67%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 67.1%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.36, 0.14, 47.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.36, 47.13, 89.83°)
OKLab	oklab(64.11% -0.0033 0.1068)
OKLCH	oklch(64.11% 0.107 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.0654, 26.3372, 7.2527)
Luminance	0.2634 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48A36 #3650A4

analogous

#A45336 #A48A36 #87A436

triadic

#A48A36 #36A48A #8A36A4

tetradic

#A48A36 #36A453 #3650A4 #A43687

square

#A48A36 #36A453 #3650A4 #A43687

split-complementary

#A48A36 #3687A4 #5336A4

monochromatic

#483D18 #766327 #A48A36 #C6AA51 #D5C17F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#A48A36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.27

#A48A36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48A36

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48A36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48A36	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)

#99882C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B17F78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48a36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 138, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.107 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2ab71',
    500: '#a48a36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48a36;
$custom-light: #c2ab71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48a36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.818,
    "s": 50.459,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64112,
    "c": 0.10687,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26336
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48A36

secondary

#7888BE

accent

#6FDA4E

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48A36

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

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