#A48D36#A48D36

#A48D36 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.109 H 94.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48D36
RGB	rgb(164, 141, 54)
HSL	hsl(47, 50%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(47, 67%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14%, 67.1%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.17, -1.51, 47.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.17, 48.01, 91.80°)
OKLab	oklab(64.75% -0.0081 0.1086)
OKLCH	oklch(64.75% 0.109 94.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.5018, 27.2099, 7.3981)
Luminance	0.2721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48D36 #364DA4

analogous

#A45636 #A48D36 #84A436

triadic

#A48D36 #36A48D #8D36A4

tetradic

#A48D36 #36A456 #364DA4 #A43684

square

#A48D36 #36A456 #364DA4 #A43684

split-complementary

#A48D36 #3684A4 #5636A4

monochromatic

#483E18 #766527 #A48D36 #C6AD51 #D5C37F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#A48D36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#A48D36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48D36

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48D36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48D36	1.00	3.26	6.44	6.44
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8A2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1913A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1827B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48d36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 141, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.109 94.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2ae71',
    500: '#a48d36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48d36;
$custom-light: #c2ae71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48d36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.455,
    "s": 50.459,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64754,
    "c": 0.10894,
    "h": 94.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48D36

secondary

#7886BE

accent

#6BDA4E

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48D36

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

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