#A48A2A#A48A2A

#A48A2A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.115 H 93.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48A2A
RGB	rgb(164, 138, 42)
HSL	hsl(47, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(47, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 74.4%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.26, -0.52, 52.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.26, 52.16, 90.57°)
OKLab	oklab(64.01% -0.0067 0.1153)
OKLCH	oklch(64.01% 0.115 93.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.8176, 26.2381, 5.9473)
Luminance	0.2624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48A2A #2A44A4

analogous

#A44D2A #A48A2A #81A42A

triadic

#A48A2A #2AA48A #8A2AA4

tetradic

#A48A2A #2AA44D #2A44A4 #A42A81

square

#A48A2A #2AA44D #2A44A4 #A42A81

split-complementary

#A48A2A #2A81A4 #4D2AA4

monochromatic

#433811 #73611E #A48A2A #CDAF3E #DAC36E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#A48A2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.25

#A48A2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48A2A

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48A2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48A2A	1.00	3.36	6.25	6.25
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99881B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A08F2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B27F77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48a2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 138, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.115 93.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3ab6a',
    500: '#a48a2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48a2a;
$custom-light: #c3ab6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48a2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.213,
    "s": 59.223,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64009,
    "c": 0.11545,
    "h": 93.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48A2A

secondary

#697CC1

accent

#67E245

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48A2A

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

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