#A48C29#A48C29

#A48C29 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.117 H 94.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48C29
RGB	rgb(164, 140, 41)
HSL	hsl(48, 60%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(48, 75%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.6%, 75%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.80, -1.67, 53.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.80, 53.09, 91.80°)
OKLab	oklab(64.43% -0.0101 0.117)
OKLCH	oklch(64.43% 0.117 94.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.0895, 26.8102, 5.9508)
Luminance	0.2681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48C29 #2941A4

analogous

#A44F29 #A48C29 #7EA429

triadic

#A48C29 #29A48C #8C29A4

tetradic

#A48C29 #29A44F #2941A4 #A4297E

square

#A48C29 #29A44F #2941A4 #A4297E

split-complementary

#A48C29 #297EA4 #4F29A4

monochromatic

#423811 #73621D #A48C29 #CEB23C #DAC56D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#A48C29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.36

#A48C29 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48C29

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48C29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48C29	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)

#9B8918

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1912F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B18179

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48c29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 140, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.117 94.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3ad6a',
    500: '#a48c29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48c29;
$custom-light: #c3ad6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48c29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.293,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6443,
    "c": 0.11742,
    "h": 94.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48C29

secondary

#6879C1

accent

#64E345

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48C29

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

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