#A48B2A#A48B2A

#A48B2A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.116 H 94.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48B2A
RGB	rgb(164, 139, 42)
HSL	hsl(48, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(48, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.2%, 74.4%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.53, -1.07, 52.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.53, 52.43, 91.17°)
OKLab	oklab(64.22% -0.0082 0.1158)
OKLCH	oklch(64.22% 0.116 94.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.9617, 26.5263, 5.9954)
Luminance	0.2652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48B2A #2A43A4

analogous

#A44E2A #A48B2A #80A42A

triadic

#A48B2A #2AA48B #8B2AA4

tetradic

#A48B2A #2AA44E #2A43A4 #A42A80

square

#A48B2A #2AA44E #2A43A4 #A42A80

split-complementary

#A48B2A #2A80A4 #4E2AA4

monochromatic

#433811 #73621E #A48B2A #CDB03E #DAC46E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#A48B2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.30

#A48B2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48B2A

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48B2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48B2A	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)

#9A881A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09030

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B18078

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48b2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 139, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.116 94.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3ac6a',
    500: '#a48b2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48b2a;
$custom-light: #c3ac6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48b2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.705,
    "s": 59.223,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64223,
    "c": 0.11611,
    "h": 94.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48B2A

secondary

#697BC1

accent

#66E245

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48B2A

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

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