#A48C36#A48C36

#A48C36 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.108 H 93.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48C36
RGB	rgb(164, 140, 54)
HSL	hsl(47, 50%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(47, 67%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.6%, 67.1%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.90, -0.96, 47.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.90, 47.71, 91.16°)
OKLab	oklab(64.54% -0.0065 0.108)
OKLCH	oklch(64.54% 0.108 93.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.3550, 26.9164, 7.3492)
Luminance	0.2692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48C36 #364EA4

analogous

#A45536 #A48C36 #85A436

triadic

#A48C36 #36A48C #8C36A4

tetradic

#A48C36 #36A455 #364EA4 #A43685

square

#A48C36 #36A455 #364EA4 #A43685

split-complementary

#A48C36 #3685A4 #5536A4

monochromatic

#483D18 #766527 #A48C36 #C6AC51 #D5C27F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#A48C36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.38

#A48C36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48C36

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48C36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48C36	1.00	3.29	6.38	6.38
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8A2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0913A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1817A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48c36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 140, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.108 93.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2ad71',
    500: '#a48c36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48c36;
$custom-light: #c2ad71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48c36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.909,
    "s": 50.459,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6454,
    "c": 0.10824,
    "h": 93.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48C36

secondary

#7887BE

accent

#6CDA4E

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48C36

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

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