#A48B24#A48B24

#A48B24 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.120 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48B24
RGB	rgb(164, 139, 36)
HSL	hsl(48, 64%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(48, 78%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.2%, 78%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.50, -1.33, 54.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.50, 54.65, 91.40°)
OKLab	oklab(64.18% -0.0096 0.1193)
OKLCH	oklch(64.18% 0.12 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.8623, 26.4866, 5.4716)
Luminance	0.2648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48B24 #243DA4

analogous

#A44B24 #A48B24 #7DA424

triadic

#A48B24 #24A48B #8B24A4

tetradic

#A48B24 #24A44B #243DA4 #A4247D

square

#A48B24 #24A44B #243DA4 #A4247D

split-complementary

#A48B24 #247DA4 #4B24A4

monochromatic

#40360E #726019 #A48B24 #D2B333 #DDC665

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#A48B24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.30

#A48B24 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48B24

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48B24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48B24	1.00	3.33	6.30	6.30
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A880F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1902B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B27F77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48b24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 139, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.120 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3ac67',
    500: '#a48b24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48b24;
$custom-light: #c3ac67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48b24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.281,
    "s": 64,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64181,
    "c": 0.11971,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48B24

secondary

#6174C3

accent

#61E741

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48B24

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

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