#A48C27#A48C27

#A48C27 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.119 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48C27
RGB	rgb(164, 140, 39)
HSL	hsl(48, 62%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(48, 76%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.6%, 76.2%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.79, -1.76, 53.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.79, 53.84, 91.87°)
OKLab	oklab(64.42% -0.0105 0.1182)
OKLCH	oklch(64.42% 0.119 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.0555, 26.7966, 5.7716)
Luminance	0.2680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48C27 #273FA4

analogous

#A44E27 #A48C27 #7EA427

triadic

#A48C27 #27A48C #8C27A4

tetradic

#A48C27 #27A44E #273FA4 #A4277E

square

#A48C27 #27A44E #273FA4 #A4277E

split-complementary

#A48C27 #277EA4 #4E27A4

monochromatic

#41380F #73621B #A48C27 #D0B338 #DCC66A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#A48C27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.36

#A48C27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48C27

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48C27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48C27	1.00	3.30	6.36	6.36
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8915

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1912D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B18178

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48c27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 140, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.119 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3ad69',
    500: '#a48c27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48c27;
$custom-light: #c3ad69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48c27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.48,
    "s": 61.576,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64416,
    "c": 0.11865,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48C27

secondary

#6577C2

accent

#62E543

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48C27

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

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