#A48B39#A48B39

#A48B39 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.105 H 92.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48B39
RGB	rgb(164, 139, 57)
HSL	hsl(46, 48%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(46, 65%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.2%, 65.2%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.65, -0.22, 46.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.65, 46.07, 90.27°)
OKLab	oklab(64.36% -0.004 0.105)
OKLCH	oklch(64.36% 0.105 92.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.2822, 26.6545, 7.6833)
Luminance	0.2665 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48B39 #3952A4

analogous

#A45539 #A48B39 #87A439

triadic

#A48B39 #39A48B #8B39A4

tetradic

#A48B39 #39A455 #3952A4 #A43987

square

#A48B39 #39A455 #3952A4 #A43987

split-complementary

#A48B39 #3987A4 #5539A4

monochromatic

#493E19 #776529 #A48B39 #C4AA56 #D4C183

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#A48B39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.33

#A48B39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48B39

6.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48B39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48B39	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)

#998930

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0903D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B18079

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48b39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 139, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.105 92.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2ac73',
    500: '#a48b39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48b39;
$custom-light: #c2ac73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48b39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.981,
    "s": 48.416,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64356,
    "c": 0.10512,
    "h": 92.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48B39

secondary

#7B8BBE

accent

#70D850

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48B39

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

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