#A48D27#A48D27

#A48D27 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.119 H 95.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48D27
RGB	rgb(164, 141, 39)
HSL	hsl(49, 62%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(49, 76%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14%, 76.2%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.06, -2.30, 54.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.06, 54.12, 92.44°)
OKLab	oklab(64.63% -0.0121 0.1187)
OKLCH	oklch(64.63% 0.119 95.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.2023, 27.0901, 5.8205)
Luminance	0.2709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48D27 #273EA4

analogous

#A44F27 #A48D27 #7DA427

triadic

#A48D27 #27A48D #8D27A4

tetradic

#A48D27 #27A44F #273EA4 #A4277D

square

#A48D27 #27A44F #273EA4 #A4277D

split-complementary

#A48D27 #277DA4 #4F27A4

monochromatic

#41380F #73621B #A48D27 #D0B438 #DCC76A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#A48D27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#A48D27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48D27

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48D27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48D27	1.00	3.27	6.42	6.42
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8A14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2912D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B18279

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48d27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 141, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.119 95.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3ae69',
    500: '#a48d27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48d27;
$custom-light: #c3ae69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48d27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.96,
    "s": 61.576,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64631,
    "c": 0.11933,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48D27

secondary

#6576C2

accent

#61E543

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48D27

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

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