#A48C30#A48C30

#A48C30 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.113 H 94.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48C30
RGB	rgb(164, 140, 48)
HSL	hsl(48, 55%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(48, 71%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.6%, 70.7%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.85, -1.31, 50.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.85, 50.29, 91.49°)
OKLab	oklab(64.49% -0.0082 0.1124)
OKLCH	oklch(64.49% 0.113 94.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.2227, 26.8635, 6.6524)
Luminance	0.2686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48C30 #3048A4

analogous

#A45230 #A48C30 #82A430

triadic

#A48C30 #30A48C #8C30A4

tetradic

#A48C30 #30A452 #3048A4 #A43082

square

#A48C30 #30A452 #3048A4 #A43082

split-complementary

#A48C30 #3082A4 #5230A4

monochromatic

#453B14 #756422 #A48C30 #C9AF48 #D7C377

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#A48C30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.37

#A48C30 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48C30

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48C30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48C30	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)

#9B8923

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19135

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B18179

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48c30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 140, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.113 94.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2ad6e',
    500: '#a48c30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48c30;
$custom-light: #c2ad6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48c30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.586,
    "s": 54.717,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64485,
    "c": 0.11274,
    "h": 94.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48C30

secondary

#7081BF

accent

#68DE4A

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48C30

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

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