#A48A2E#A48A2E

#A48A2E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.113 H 92.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48A2E
RGB	rgb(164, 138, 46)
HSL	hsl(47, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(47, 72%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 72%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.29, -0.32, 50.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.29, 50.56, 90.36°)
OKLab	oklab(64.04% -0.0056 0.1127)
OKLCH	oklch(64.04% 0.113 92.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.8928, 26.2682, 6.3434)
Luminance	0.2627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48A2E #2E48A4

analogous

#A44F2E #A48A2E #83A42E

triadic

#A48A2E #2EA48A #8A2EA4

tetradic

#A48A2E #2EA44F #2E48A4 #A42E83

square

#A48A2E #2EA44F #2E48A4 #A42E83

split-complementary

#A48A2E #2E83A4 #4F2EA4

monochromatic

#443A13 #746221 #A48A2E #CBAD45 #D8C274

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#A48A2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.25

#A48A2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48A2E

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48A2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48A2E	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)

#998821

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B17F77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48a2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 138, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.113 92.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3ab6c',
    500: '#a48a2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48a2e;
$custom-light: #c3ab6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48a2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.78,
    "s": 56.19,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6404,
    "c": 0.11279,
    "h": 92.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48A2E

secondary

#6E80C0

accent

#6ADF48

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48A2E

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

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