#A48E26#A48E26

#A48E26 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.121 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48E26
RGB	rgb(164, 142, 38)
HSL	hsl(50, 62%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(50, 77%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 76.8%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.32, -2.89, 54.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.32, 54.76, 93.03°)
OKLab	oklab(64.84% -0.0139 0.1198)
OKLCH	oklch(64.84% 0.121 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.3340, 27.3798, 5.7838)
Luminance	0.2738 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48E26 #263CA4

analogous

#A44F26 #A48E26 #7BA426

triadic

#A48E26 #26A48E #8E26A4

tetradic

#A48E26 #26A44F #263CA4 #A4267B

square

#A48E26 #26A44F #263CA4 #A4267B

split-complementary

#A48E26 #267BA4 #4F26A4

monochromatic

#41380F #72631A #A48E26 #D1B637 #DCC868

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#A48E26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.48

#A48E26 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48E26

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48E26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48E26	1.00	3.24	6.48	6.48
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8B12

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3922D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1837A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48e26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 142, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.121 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3ae69',
    500: '#a48e26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48e26;
$custom-light: #c3ae69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48e26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.524,
    "s": 62.376,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6484,
    "c": 0.12064,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48E26

secondary

#6474C2

accent

#5FE542

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48E26

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

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