#A48C35#A48C35

#A48C35 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.109 H 93.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48C35
RGB	rgb(164, 140, 53)
HSL	hsl(47, 51%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(47, 68%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.6%, 67.7%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.89, -1.02, 48.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.89, 48.15, 91.22°)
OKLab	oklab(64.53% -0.0068 0.1088)
OKLCH	oklch(64.53% 0.109 93.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.3318, 26.9071, 7.2268)
Luminance	0.2691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48C35 #354DA4

analogous

#A45435 #A48C35 #84A435

triadic

#A48C35 #35A48C #8C35A4

tetradic

#A48C35 #35A454 #354DA4 #A43584

square

#A48C35 #35A454 #354DA4 #A43584

split-complementary

#A48C35 #3584A4 #5435A4

monochromatic

#473D17 #766526 #A48C35 #C6AD50 #D5C27E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#A48C35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.38

#A48C35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48C35

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48C35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48C35	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)

#9A8A2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09139

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1817A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48c35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 140, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.109 93.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2ad71',
    500: '#a48c35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48c35;
$custom-light: #c2ad71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48c35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.027,
    "s": 51.152,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6453,
    "c": 0.10901,
    "h": 93.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48C35

secondary

#7686BE

accent

#6CDB4D

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48C35

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

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