#A48B2F#A48B2F
#A48B2F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.113 H 93.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #A48B2F |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(164, 139, 47) |
| HSL | hsl(47, 55%, 41%) |
| HSV | hsv(47, 71%, 64%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 15.2%, 71.3%, 35.7%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(58.57, -0.82, 50.42) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(58.57, 50.42, 90.93°) |
| OKLab | oklab(64.26% -0.0069 0.1126) |
| OKLCH | oklch(64.26% 0.113 93.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(25.0568, 26.5644, 6.4964) |
| Luminance | 0.2656 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Dark Mustard
#A88905
ΔE00 3.52
Diarrhea
#9F8303
ΔE00 3.90
Baby Shit Brown
#AD900D
ΔE00 3.99
Yellowy Brown
#AE8B0C
ΔE00 4.04
Baby Poo
#AB9004
ΔE00 4.18
Dark Gold
#B59410
ΔE00 5.30
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#A48B2F #2F48A4
analogous
#A4512F #A48B2F #83A42F
triadic
#A48B2F #2FA48B #8B2FA4
tetradic
#A48B2F #2FA451 #2F48A4 #A42F83
square
#A48B2F #2FA451 #2F48A4 #A42F83
split-complementary
#A48B2F #2F83A4 #512FA4
monochromatic
#453A14 #746321 #A48B2F #CAAE46 #D8C376
Accessibility & contrast
On white
3.33
#A48B2F on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗
On black
6.31
#A48B2F on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗
Best text color
#000000 on #A48B2F
6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##A48B2F | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##A48B2F | 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)
#9A8922
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A09034
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B18078
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8D8D8D
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #a48b2f; /* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 139, 47); /* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.113 93.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c2ac6d',
500: '#a48b2f',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #a48b2f; $custom-light: #c2ac6d; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#a48b2f",
"rgb": {
"r": 164,
"g": 139,
"b": 47
},
"hsl": {
"h": 47.179,
"s": 55.45,
"l": 41.373
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.64262,
"c": 0.11276,
"h": 93.5
},
"luminance": 0.26563
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#A48B2F
secondary
#6F80C0
accent
#69DF49
background
#FCFAF6
surface
#F8F4EC
border
#D1CEC7
text
#131007
muted
#827F7A