#A48B31#A48B31

#A48B31 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.111 H 93.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48B31
RGB	rgb(164, 139, 49)
HSL	hsl(47, 54%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(47, 70%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.2%, 70.1%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.58, -0.71, 49.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.58, 49.59, 90.82°)
OKLab	oklab(64.28% -0.0064 0.1112)
OKLCH	oklch(64.28% 0.111 93.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.0981, 26.5809, 6.7138)
Luminance	0.2658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48B31 #314AA4

analogous

#A45231 #A48B31 #84A431

triadic

#A48B31 #31A48B #8B31A4

tetradic

#A48B31 #31A452 #314AA4 #A43184

square

#A48B31 #31A452 #314AA4 #A43184

split-complementary

#A48B31 #3184A4 #5231A4

monochromatic

#463B15 #756323 #A48B31 #C9AD49 #D7C279

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#A48B31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.32

#A48B31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48B31

6.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48B31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48B31	1.00	3.32	6.32	6.32
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8925

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09036

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B18079

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48b31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 139, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.111 93.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2ac6e',
    500: '#a48b31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48b31;
$custom-light: #c2ac6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48b31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.957,
    "s": 53.991,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64279,
    "c": 0.11133,
    "h": 93.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2658
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48B31

secondary

#7282BF

accent

#6ADD4A

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48B31

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

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