#A48C33#A48C33

#A48C33 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.111 H 93.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48C33
RGB	rgb(164, 140, 51)
HSL	hsl(47, 53%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(47, 69%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.6%, 68.9%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.87, -1.14, 49.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.87, 49.02, 91.34°)
OKLab	oklab(64.51% -0.0074 0.1103)
OKLCH	oklch(64.51% 0.111 93.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.2867, 26.8891, 6.9895)
Luminance	0.2689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48C33 #334BA4

analogous

#A45433 #A48C33 #83A433

triadic

#A48C33 #33A48C #8C33A4

tetradic

#A48C33 #33A454 #334BA4 #A43383

square

#A48C33 #33A454 #334BA4 #A43383

split-complementary

#A48C33 #3383A4 #5433A4

monochromatic

#473C16 #756424 #A48C33 #C8AD4D #D6C37B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#A48C33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.38

#A48C33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48C33

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48C33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48C33	1.00	3.29	6.38	6.38
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8928

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19138

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1817A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48c33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 140, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.111 93.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2ad70',
    500: '#a48c33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48c33;
$custom-light: #c2ad70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48c33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.257,
    "s": 52.558,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64511,
    "c": 0.11054,
    "h": 93.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48C33

secondary

#7484BF

accent

#6ADC4C

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48C33

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

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