#A48B27#A48B27

#A48B27 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.118 H 94.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48B27
RGB	rgb(164, 139, 39)
HSL	hsl(48, 62%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(48, 76%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.2%, 76.2%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.51, -1.21, 53.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.51, 53.57, 91.29°)
OKLab	oklab(64.2% -0.009 0.1176)
OKLCH	oklch(64.2% 0.118 94.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.9100, 26.5057, 5.7231)
Luminance	0.2650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48B27 #2740A4

analogous

#A44D27 #A48B27 #7FA427

triadic

#A48B27 #27A48B #8B27A4

tetradic

#A48B27 #27A44D #2740A4 #A4277F

square

#A48B27 #27A44D #2740A4 #A4277F

split-complementary

#A48B27 #277FA4 #4D27A4

monochromatic

#41370F #73611B #A48B27 #D0B238 #DCC56A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#A48B27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.30

#A48B27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48B27

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48B27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48B27	1.00	3.33	6.30	6.30
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8815

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0902D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B28078

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48b27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 139, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.118 94.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3ac69',
    500: '#a48b27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48b27;
$custom-light: #c3ac69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48b27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 61.576,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64201,
    "c": 0.11797,
    "h": 94.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48B27

secondary

#6578C2

accent

#63E543

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48B27

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

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