#A48A2B#A48A2B

#A48A2B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.115 H 93.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48A2B
RGB	rgb(164, 138, 43)
HSL	hsl(47, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(47, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 73.8%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.27, -0.47, 51.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.27, 51.76, 90.52°)
OKLab	oklab(64.02% -0.0064 0.1146)
OKLCH	oklch(64.02% 0.115 93.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.8357, 26.2453, 6.0427)
Luminance	0.2624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48A2B #2B45A4

analogous

#A44D2B #A48A2B #82A42B

triadic

#A48A2B #2BA48A #8A2BA4

tetradic

#A48A2B #2BA44D #2B45A4 #A42B82

square

#A48A2B #2BA44D #2B45A4 #A42B82

split-complementary

#A48A2B #2B82A4 #4D2BA4

monochromatic

#433812 #74611E #A48A2B #CDAE3F #D9C370

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#A48A2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.25

#A48A2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48A2B

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48A2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48A2B	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)

#99881C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A08F30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B17F77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48a2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 138, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.115 93.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3ab6b',
    500: '#a48a2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48a2b;
$custom-light: #c3ab6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48a2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.107,
    "s": 58.454,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64016,
    "c": 0.11481,
    "h": 93.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48A2B

secondary

#6A7DC1

accent

#68E246

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48A2B

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

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