#A48C28#A48C28

#A48C28 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.118 H 95.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#A48C28
RGBrgb(164, 140, 40)
HSLhsl(48, 61%, 40%)
HSVhsv(48, 76%, 64%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 14.6%, 75.6%, 35.7%)
CIE-LABlab(58.79, -1.71, 53.44)
CIE-LCHlch(58.79, 53.47, 91.83°)
OKLaboklab(64.42% -0.0103 0.1176)
OKLCHoklch(64.42% 0.118 95)
XYZxyz(25.0723, 26.8033, 5.8600)
Luminance0.2680 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#A48C28 #2840A4
analogous
#A44E28 #A48C28 #7EA428
triadic
#A48C28 #28A48C #8C28A4
tetradic
#A48C28 #28A44E #2840A4 #A4287E
square
#A48C28 #28A44E #2840A4 #A4287E
split-complementary
#A48C28 #287EA4 #4E28A4
monochromatic
#423810 #73621C #A48C28 #CFB23A #DBC56B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30
#A48C28 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.36
#A48C28 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48C28
6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##A48C28#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##A48C281.003.306.366.36
#FFFFFF3.301.0021.0021.00
#0000006.3621.001.001.00
##0000006.3621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#9B8916
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A1912E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B18179
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #a48c28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 140, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.118 95.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3ad69',
    500: '#a48c28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #a48c28;
$custom-light: #c3ad69;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#a48c28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.387,
    "s": 60.784,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64423,
    "c": 0.11804,
    "h": 95
  },
  "luminance": 0.26802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#A48C28
secondary
#6678C1
accent
#63E444
background
#FCFAF6
surface
#F8F4EB
border
#D1CEC6
text
#131007
muted
#827F7A

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#A48C28 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva