#A48E36#A48E36

#A48E36 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.110 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48E36
RGB	rgb(164, 142, 54)
HSL	hsl(48, 50%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(48, 67%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 67.1%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.44, -2.06, 48.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.44, 48.32, 92.44°)
OKLab	oklab(64.97% -0.0097 0.1093)
OKLCH	oklch(64.97% 0.11 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.6499, 27.5062, 7.4475)
Luminance	0.2751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48E36 #364CA4

analogous

#A45736 #A48E36 #83A436

triadic

#A48E36 #36A48E #8E36A4

tetradic

#A48E36 #36A457 #364CA4 #A43683

square

#A48E36 #36A457 #364CA4 #A43683

split-complementary

#A48E36 #3683A4 #5736A4

monochromatic

#483E18 #766627 #A48E36 #C6AF51 #D5C47F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#A48E36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#A48E36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48E36

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48E36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48E36	1.00	3.23	6.50	6.50
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8B2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2923A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1837C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48e36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 142, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.110 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2ae71',
    500: '#a48e36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48e36;
$custom-light: #c2ae71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48e36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 50.459,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64969,
    "c": 0.10968,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48E36

secondary

#7886BE

accent

#6ADA4E

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48E36

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

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