#A48B2C#A48B2C

#A48B2C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.115 H 93.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48B2C
RGB	rgb(164, 139, 44)
HSL	hsl(48, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(48, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.2%, 73.2%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.55, -0.97, 51.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.55, 51.64, 91.08°)
OKLab	oklab(64.24% -0.0077 0.1146)
OKLCH	oklch(64.24% 0.115 93.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.9984, 26.5410, 6.1886)
Luminance	0.2654 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48B2C #2C45A4

analogous

#A44F2C #A48B2C #81A42C

triadic

#A48B2C #2CA48B #8B2CA4

tetradic

#A48B2C #2CA44F #2C45A4 #A42C81

square

#A48B2C #2CA44F #2C45A4 #A42C81

split-complementary

#A48B2C #2C81A4 #4F2CA4

monochromatic

#433912 #74621F #A48B2C #CCAF41 #D9C371

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#A48B2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.31

#A48B2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48B2C

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48B2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48B2C	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)

#9A881E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09031

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B18078

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48b2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 139, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.115 93.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3ac6b',
    500: '#a48b2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48b2c;
$custom-light: #c3ac6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48b2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.5,
    "s": 57.692,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64238,
    "c": 0.11481,
    "h": 93.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48B2C

secondary

#6B7DC0

accent

#67E147

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48B2C

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

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