#A48B36#A48B36

#A48B36 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.108 H 92.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48B36
RGB	rgb(164, 139, 54)
HSL	hsl(46, 50%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(46, 67%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.2%, 67.1%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.63, -0.41, 47.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.63, 47.42, 90.50°)
OKLab	oklab(64.33% -0.0049 0.1074)
OKLCH	oklch(64.33% 0.108 92.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.2096, 26.6255, 7.3007)
Luminance	0.2662 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48B36 #364FA4

analogous

#A45436 #A48B36 #86A436

triadic

#A48B36 #36A48B #8B36A4

tetradic

#A48B36 #36A454 #364FA4 #A43686

square

#A48B36 #36A454 #364FA4 #A43686

split-complementary

#A48B36 #3686A4 #5436A4

monochromatic

#483D18 #766427 #A48B36 #C6AB51 #D5C27F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#A48B36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.32

#A48B36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48B36

6.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48B36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48B36	1.00	3.32	6.32	6.32
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99892C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0903A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B18079

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48b36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 139, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.108 92.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2ac71',
    500: '#a48b36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48b36;
$custom-light: #c2ac71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48b36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.364,
    "s": 50.459,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64326,
    "c": 0.10754,
    "h": 92.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48B36

secondary

#7888BE

accent

#6EDA4E

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48B36

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

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