#A48B37#A48B37

#A48B37 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.107 H 92.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48B37
RGB	rgb(164, 139, 55)
HSL	hsl(46, 50%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(46, 66%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.2%, 66.5%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.63, -0.35, 46.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.63, 46.97, 90.43°)
OKLab	oklab(64.34% -0.0046 0.1066)
OKLCH	oklch(64.34% 0.107 92.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.2333, 26.6350, 7.4257)
Luminance	0.2663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48B37 #3750A4

analogous

#A45537 #A48B37 #86A437

triadic

#A48B37 #37A48B #8B37A4

tetradic

#A48B37 #37A455 #3750A4 #A43786

square

#A48B37 #37A455 #3750A4 #A43786

split-complementary

#A48B37 #3786A4 #5537A4

monochromatic

#483D18 #766428 #A48B37 #C5AB53 #D5C181

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#A48B37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.33

#A48B37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48B37

6.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48B37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48B37	1.00	3.32	6.33	6.33
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99892D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0903B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B18079

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48b37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 139, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.107 92.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2ac72',
    500: '#a48b37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48b37;
$custom-light: #c2ac72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48b37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.239,
    "s": 49.772,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64336,
    "c": 0.10674,
    "h": 92.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48B37

secondary

#7989BE

accent

#6ED94F

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48B37

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

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