#A48C2C#A48C2C

#A48C2C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.116 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48C2C
RGB	rgb(164, 140, 44)
HSL	hsl(48, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(48, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.6%, 73.2%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.82, -1.52, 51.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.82, 51.92, 91.68°)
OKLab	oklab(64.45% -0.0093 0.1151)
OKLCH	oklch(64.45% 0.116 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.1439, 26.8319, 6.2371)
Luminance	0.2683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48C2C #2C44A4

analogous

#A4502C #A48C2C #80A42C

triadic

#A48C2C #2CA48C #8C2CA4

tetradic

#A48C2C #2CA450 #2C44A4 #A42C80

square

#A48C2C #2CA450 #2C44A4 #A42C80

split-complementary

#A48C2C #2C80A4 #502CA4

monochromatic

#433A12 #74631F #A48C2C #CCB041 #D9C471

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#A48C2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.37

#A48C2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48C2C

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48C2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48C2C	1.00	3.30	6.37	6.37
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B891D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19131

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B18179

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48c2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 140, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.116 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3ad6c',
    500: '#a48c2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48c2c;
$custom-light: #c3ad6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48c2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 57.692,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64452,
    "c": 0.1155,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48C2C

secondary

#6B7CC0

accent

#66E147

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48C2C

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

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