#A48D28#A48D28

#A48D28 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.119 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48D28
RGB	rgb(164, 141, 40)
HSL	hsl(49, 61%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(49, 76%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14%, 75.6%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.06, -2.26, 53.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.06, 53.75, 92.41°)
OKLab	oklab(64.64% -0.0119 0.1181)
OKLCH	oklch(64.64% 0.119 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.2190, 27.0968, 5.9089)
Luminance	0.2710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48D28 #283FA4

analogous

#A44F28 #A48D28 #7DA428

triadic

#A48D28 #28A48D #8D28A4

tetradic

#A48D28 #28A44F #283FA4 #A4287D

square

#A48D28 #28A44F #283FA4 #A4287D

split-complementary

#A48D28 #287DA4 #4F28A4

monochromatic

#423810 #73631C #A48D28 #CFB33A #DBC66B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#A48D28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#A48D28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48D28

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48D28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48D28	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)

#9C8A16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2912E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B18279

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48d28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 141, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.119 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3ae6a',
    500: '#a48d28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48d28;
$custom-light: #c3ae6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48d28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.871,
    "s": 60.784,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64638,
    "c": 0.11873,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48D28

secondary

#6677C1

accent

#62E444

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48D28

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

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