#A48B40#A48B40

#A48B40 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.099 H 91.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48B40
RGB	rgb(164, 139, 64)
HSL	hsl(45, 44%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(45, 61%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.2%, 61%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.72, 0.27, 42.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.72, 42.80, 89.64°)
OKLab	oklab(64.43% -0.0017 0.0991)
OKLCH	oklch(64.43% 0.099 91)
XYZ	xyz(25.4690, 26.7293, 8.6672)
Luminance	0.2673 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48B40 #4059A4

analogous

#A45940 #A48B40 #8BA440

triadic

#A48B40 #40A48B #8B40A4

tetradic

#A48B40 #40A459 #4059A4 #A4408B

square

#A48B40 #40A459 #4059A4 #A4408B

split-complementary

#A48B40 #408BA4 #5940A4

monochromatic

#4C401E #78662F #A48B40 #C1A960 #D2C18C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#A48B40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.35

#A48B40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48B40

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48B40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48B40	1.00	3.31	6.35	6.35
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998938

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9043

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1817A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48b40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 139, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.099 91.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2ac77',
    500: '#a48b40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48b40;
$custom-light: #c2ac77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48b40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 43.86,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64433,
    "c": 0.09908,
    "h": 91
  },
  "luminance": 0.26728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48B40

secondary

#8391BD

accent

#74D454

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#131009

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48B40

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

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