#A48C3E#A48C3E

#A48C3E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.102 H 92.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48C3E
RGB	rgb(164, 140, 62)
HSL	hsl(46, 45%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(46, 62%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.6%, 62.2%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.97, -0.43, 44.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.97, 44.05, 90.56°)
OKLab	oklab(64.62% -0.004 0.1015)
OKLCH	oklch(64.62% 0.102 92.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.5586, 26.9978, 8.4214)
Luminance	0.2700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48C3E #3E56A4

analogous

#A4593E #A48C3E #89A43E

triadic

#A48C3E #3EA48C #8C3EA4

tetradic

#A48C3E #3EA459 #3E56A4 #A43E89

square

#A48C3E #3EA459 #3E56A4 #A43E89

split-complementary

#A48C3E #3E89A4 #593EA4

monochromatic

#4B401C #78662D #A48C3E #C2AA5D #D3C28A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#A48C3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#A48C3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48C3E

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48C3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48C3E	1.00	3.28	6.40	6.40
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8A36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09141

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1827B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48c3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 140, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.102 92.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2ad76',
    500: '#a48c3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48c3e;
$custom-light: #c2ad76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48c3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.882,
    "s": 45.133,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64623,
    "c": 0.10156,
    "h": 92.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48C3E

secondary

#818FBD

accent

#72D553

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#131009

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48C3E

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

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