#A48A37#A48A37

#A48A37 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.106 H 91.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48A37
RGB	rgb(164, 138, 55)
HSL	hsl(46, 50%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(46, 66%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 66.5%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.36, 0.20, 46.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.36, 46.68, 89.75°)
OKLab	oklab(64.12% -0.003 0.106)
OKLCH	oklch(64.12% 0.106 91.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.0892, 26.3467, 7.3776)
Luminance	0.2635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48A37 #3751A4

analogous

#A45337 #A48A37 #87A437

triadic

#A48A37 #37A48A #8A37A4

tetradic

#A48A37 #37A453 #3751A4 #A43787

square

#A48A37 #37A453 #3751A4 #A43787

split-complementary

#A48A37 #3787A4 #5337A4

monochromatic

#483D18 #766328 #A48A37 #C5AA53 #D5C181

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#A48A37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.27

#A48A37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48A37

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48A37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48A37	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)

#98882D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B17F78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48a37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 138, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.106 91.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2ab72',
    500: '#a48a37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48a37;
$custom-light: #c2ab72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48a37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.688,
    "s": 49.772,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64122,
    "c": 0.10607,
    "h": 91.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48A37

secondary

#7989BE

accent

#70D94F

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48A37

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

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