#A48C2E#A48C2E

#A48C2E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.114 H 94.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48C2E
RGB	rgb(164, 140, 46)
HSL	hsl(48, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(48, 72%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.6%, 72%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.83, -1.42, 51.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.83, 51.12, 91.59°)
OKLab	oklab(64.47% -0.0088 0.1138)
OKLCH	oklch(64.47% 0.114 94.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.1824, 26.8473, 6.4399)
Luminance	0.2685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48C2E #2E46A4

analogous

#A4512E #A48C2E #81A42E

triadic

#A48C2E #2EA48C #8C2EA4

tetradic

#A48C2E #2EA451 #2E46A4 #A42E81

square

#A48C2E #2EA451 #2E46A4 #A42E81

split-complementary

#A48C2E #2E81A4 #512EA4

monochromatic

#443A13 #746321 #A48C2E #CBAF45 #D8C474

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#A48C2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.37

#A48C2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48C2E

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48C2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48C2E	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)

#9B8920

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19133

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B18179

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48c2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 140, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.114 94.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3ad6d',
    500: '#a48c2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48c2e;
$custom-light: #c3ad6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48c2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.797,
    "s": 56.19,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64468,
    "c": 0.11414,
    "h": 94.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48C2E

secondary

#6E7FC0

accent

#67DF48

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48C2E

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

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