#A48B3F#A48B3F

#A48B3F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.100 H 91.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48B3F
RGB	rgb(164, 139, 63)
HSL	hsl(45, 44%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(45, 62%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.2%, 61.6%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.71, 0.19, 43.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.71, 43.28, 89.74°)
OKLab	oklab(64.42% -0.002 0.1)
OKLCH	oklch(64.42% 0.1 91.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.4408, 26.7180, 8.5187)
Luminance	0.2672 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48B3F #3F58A4

analogous

#A4593F #A48B3F #8AA43F

triadic

#A48B3F #3FA48B #8B3FA4

tetradic

#A48B3F #3FA459 #3F58A4 #A43F8A

square

#A48B3F #3FA459 #3F58A4 #A43F8A

split-complementary

#A48B3F #3F8AA4 #593FA4

monochromatic

#4C401D #78662E #A48B3F #C1A95F #D2C18B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#A48B3F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.34

#A48B3F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48B3F

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48B3F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48B3F	1.00	3.31	6.34	6.34
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998937

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9042

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1817A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48b3f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 139, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.100 91.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2ac77',
    500: '#a48b3f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48b3f;
$custom-light: #c2ac77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48b3f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.149,
    "s": 44.493,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64422,
    "c": 0.09998,
    "h": 91.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48B3F

secondary

#8290BD

accent

#73D454

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#131009

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48B3F

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

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