#A48A2C#A48A2C

#A48A2C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.114 H 93.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48A2C
RGB	rgb(164, 138, 44)
HSL	hsl(47, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(47, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 73.2%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.28, -0.42, 51.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.28, 51.37, 90.47°)
OKLab	oklab(64.02% -0.0062 0.114)
OKLCH	oklch(64.02% 0.114 93.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.8543, 26.2527, 6.1406)
Luminance	0.2625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48A2C #2C46A4

analogous

#A44E2C #A48A2C #82A42C

triadic

#A48A2C #2CA48A #8A2CA4

tetradic

#A48A2C #2CA44E #2C46A4 #A42C82

square

#A48A2C #2CA44E #2C46A4 #A42C82

split-complementary

#A48A2C #2C82A4 #4E2CA4

monochromatic

#433912 #74611F #A48A2C #CCAE41 #D9C371

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#A48A2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.25

#A48A2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48A2C

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48A2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48A2C	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)

#99881E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A08F31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B17F77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48a2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 138, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.114 93.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3ab6b',
    500: '#a48a2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48a2c;
$custom-light: #c3ab6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48a2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47,
    "s": 57.692,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64024,
    "c": 0.11415,
    "h": 93.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48A2C

secondary

#6B7EC0

accent

#68E147

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48A2C

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

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