#A48C26#A48C26

#A48C26 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.119 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48C26
RGB	rgb(164, 140, 38)
HSL	hsl(49, 62%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(49, 77%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.6%, 76.8%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.78, -1.80, 54.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.78, 54.21, 91.90°)
OKLab	oklab(64.41% -0.0108 0.1188)
OKLCH	oklch(64.41% 0.119 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.0391, 26.7900, 5.6855)
Luminance	0.2679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48C26 #263EA4

analogous

#A44D26 #A48C26 #7DA426

triadic

#A48C26 #26A48C #8C26A4

tetradic

#A48C26 #26A44D #263EA4 #A4267D

square

#A48C26 #26A44D #263EA4 #A4267D

split-complementary

#A48C26 #267DA4 #4D26A4

monochromatic

#41370F #72621A #A48C26 #D1B337 #DCC668

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#A48C26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.36

#A48C26 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48C26

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48C26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48C26	1.00	3.30	6.36	6.36
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8913

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1912C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B28178

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48c26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 140, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.119 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3ad68',
    500: '#a48c26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48c26;
$custom-light: #c3ad68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48c26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.571,
    "s": 62.376,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64409,
    "c": 0.11924,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48C26

secondary

#6476C2

accent

#61E542

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48C26

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

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