#A48C2B#A48C2B

#A48C2B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.116 H 94.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48C2B
RGB	rgb(164, 140, 43)
HSL	hsl(48, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(48, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.6%, 73.8%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.81, -1.57, 52.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.81, 52.32, 91.72°)
OKLab	oklab(64.44% -0.0096 0.1158)
OKLCH	oklch(64.44% 0.116 94.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.1253, 26.8245, 6.1393)
Luminance	0.2682 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48C2B #2B43A4

analogous

#A44F2B #A48C2B #7FA42B

triadic

#A48C2B #2BA48C #8C2BA4

tetradic

#A48C2B #2BA44F #2B43A4 #A42B7F

square

#A48C2B #2BA44F #2B43A4 #A42B7F

split-complementary

#A48C2B #2B7FA4 #4F2BA4

monochromatic

#433912 #74631E #A48C2B #CDB13F #D9C570

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#A48C2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.36

#A48C2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48C2B

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48C2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48C2B	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)

#9B891C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19131

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B18179

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48c2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 140, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.116 94.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3ad6b',
    500: '#a48c2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48c2b;
$custom-light: #c3ad6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48c2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.099,
    "s": 58.454,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64445,
    "c": 0.11615,
    "h": 94.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26823
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48C2B

secondary

#6A7BC1

accent

#65E246

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48C2B

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

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