#A48D2A#A48D2A

#A48D2A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.117 H 95.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48D2A
RGB	rgb(164, 141, 42)
HSL	hsl(49, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(49, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14%, 74.4%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.08, -2.17, 52.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.08, 52.99, 92.34°)
OKLab	oklab(64.65% -0.0114 0.1169)
OKLCH	oklch(64.65% 0.117 95.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.2539, 27.1108, 6.0928)
Luminance	0.2711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48D2A #2A41A4

analogous

#A4502A #A48D2A #7EA42A

triadic

#A48D2A #2AA48D #8D2AA4

tetradic

#A48D2A #2AA450 #2A41A4 #A42A7E

square

#A48D2A #2AA450 #2A41A4 #A42A7E

split-complementary

#A48D2A #2A7EA4 #502AA4

monochromatic

#433911 #73631E #A48D2A #CDB23E #DAC66E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#A48D2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#A48D2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48D2A

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48D2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48D2A	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)

#9C8A1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29130

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1827A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48d2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 141, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.117 95.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3ae6b',
    500: '#a48d2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48d2a;
$custom-light: #c3ae6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48d2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.689,
    "s": 59.223,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64652,
    "c": 0.11749,
    "h": 95.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48D2A

secondary

#6979C1

accent

#63E245

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48D2A

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

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