#A48B2B#A48B2B

#A48B2B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.115 H 94.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48B2B
RGB	rgb(164, 139, 43)
HSL	hsl(48, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(48, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.2%, 73.8%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.54, -1.02, 52.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.54, 52.04, 91.12°)
OKLab	oklab(64.23% -0.008 0.1152)
OKLCH	oklch(64.23% 0.115 94)
XYZ	xyz(24.9798, 26.5336, 6.0908)
Luminance	0.2653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48B2B #2B44A4

analogous

#A44E2B #A48B2B #80A42B

triadic

#A48B2B #2BA48B #8B2BA4

tetradic

#A48B2B #2BA44E #2B44A4 #A42B80

square

#A48B2B #2BA44E #2B44A4 #A42B80

split-complementary

#A48B2B #2B80A4 #4E2BA4

monochromatic

#433912 #74621E #A48B2B #CDB03F #D9C470

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#A48B2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.31

#A48B2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48B2B

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48B2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48B2B	1.00	3.33	6.31	6.31
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A881C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09030

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B18078

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48b2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 139, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.115 94.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3ac6b',
    500: '#a48b2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48b2b;
$custom-light: #c3ac6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48b2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.603,
    "s": 58.454,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6423,
    "c": 0.11547,
    "h": 94
  },
  "luminance": 0.26532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48B2B

secondary

#6A7CC1

accent

#66E246

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48B2B

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

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