#A48B26#A48B26

#A48B26 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.119 H 94.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48B26
RGB	rgb(164, 139, 38)
HSL	hsl(48, 62%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(48, 77%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.2%, 76.8%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.51, -1.25, 53.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.51, 53.94, 91.33°)
OKLab	oklab(64.19% -0.0092 0.1182)
OKLCH	oklch(64.19% 0.119 94.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.8937, 26.4991, 5.6370)
Luminance	0.2650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48B26 #263FA4

analogous

#A44C26 #A48B26 #7EA426

triadic

#A48B26 #26A48B #8B26A4

tetradic

#A48B26 #26A44C #263FA4 #A4267E

square

#A48B26 #26A44C #263FA4 #A4267E

split-complementary

#A48B26 #267EA4 #4C26A4

monochromatic

#41370F #72611A #A48B26 #D1B237 #DCC568

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#A48B26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.30

#A48B26 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48B26

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48B26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48B26	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)

#9A8813

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1902C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B28078

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48b26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 139, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.119 94.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3ac68',
    500: '#a48b26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48b26;
$custom-light: #c3ac68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48b26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.095,
    "s": 62.376,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64194,
    "c": 0.11857,
    "h": 94.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48B26

secondary

#6476C2

accent

#63E542

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48B26

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

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