#A48D26#A48D26

#A48D26 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.120 H 95.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48D26
RGB	rgb(164, 141, 38)
HSL	hsl(49, 62%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(49, 77%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14%, 76.8%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.05, -2.35, 54.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.05, 54.48, 92.47°)
OKLab	oklab(64.63% -0.0123 0.1193)
OKLCH	oklch(64.63% 0.12 95.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.1859, 27.0836, 5.7344)
Luminance	0.2708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48D26 #263DA4

analogous

#A44E26 #A48D26 #7CA426

triadic

#A48D26 #26A48D #8D26A4

tetradic

#A48D26 #26A44E #263DA4 #A4267C

square

#A48D26 #26A44E #263DA4 #A4267C

split-complementary

#A48D26 #267CA4 #4E26A4

monochromatic

#41380F #72621A #A48D26 #D1B437 #DCC768

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#A48D26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#A48D26 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48D26

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48D26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48D26	1.00	3.27	6.42	6.42
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8A12

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2912D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B18279

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48d26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 141, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.120 95.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3ae69',
    500: '#a48d26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48d26;
$custom-light: #c3ae69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48d26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.048,
    "s": 62.376,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64625,
    "c": 0.11992,
    "h": 95.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48D26

secondary

#6475C2

accent

#60E542

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48D26

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

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