#A48B2E#A48B2E

#A48B2E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.113 H 93.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48B2E
RGB	rgb(164, 139, 46)
HSL	hsl(47, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(47, 72%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.2%, 72%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.56, -0.87, 50.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.56, 50.83, 90.98°)
OKLab	oklab(64.25% -0.0072 0.1132)
OKLCH	oklch(64.25% 0.113 93.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.0369, 26.5564, 6.3914)
Luminance	0.2656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48B2E #2E47A4

analogous

#A4502E #A48B2E #82A42E

triadic

#A48B2E #2EA48B #8B2EA4

tetradic

#A48B2E #2EA450 #2E47A4 #A42E82

square

#A48B2E #2EA450 #2E47A4 #A42E82

split-complementary

#A48B2E #2E82A4 #502EA4

monochromatic

#443A13 #746221 #A48B2E #CBAE45 #D8C374

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#A48B2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.31

#A48B2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48B2E

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48B2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48B2E	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)

#9A8921

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09033

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B18078

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48b2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 139, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.113 93.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3ac6d',
    500: '#a48b2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48b2e;
$custom-light: #c3ac6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48b2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.288,
    "s": 56.19,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64254,
    "c": 0.11346,
    "h": 93.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48B2E

secondary

#6E7FC0

accent

#68DF48

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48B2E

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

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