#A48C31#A48C31

#A48C31 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.112 H 94.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48C31
RGB	rgb(164, 140, 49)
HSL	hsl(47, 54%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(47, 70%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.6%, 70.1%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.86, -1.26, 49.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.86, 49.87, 91.44°)
OKLab	oklab(64.49% -0.008 0.1117)
OKLCH	oklch(64.49% 0.112 94.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.2436, 26.8718, 6.7623)
Luminance	0.2687 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48C31 #3149A4

analogous

#A45231 #A48C31 #83A431

triadic

#A48C31 #31A48C #8C31A4

tetradic

#A48C31 #31A452 #3149A4 #A43183

square

#A48C31 #31A452 #3149A4 #A43183

split-complementary

#A48C31 #3183A4 #5231A4

monochromatic

#463C15 #756423 #A48C31 #C9AE49 #D7C379

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#A48C31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.37

#A48C31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48C31

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48C31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48C31	1.00	3.29	6.37	6.37
#FFFFFF	3.29	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)

#9B8925

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19136

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B18179

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48c31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 140, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.112 94.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2ad6e',
    500: '#a48c31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48c31;
$custom-light: #c2ad6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48c31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.478,
    "s": 53.991,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64494,
    "c": 0.11202,
    "h": 94.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48C31

secondary

#7282BF

accent

#69DD4A

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48C31

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

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