#A48D2C#A48D2C

#A48D2C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.116 H 95.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48D2C
RGB	rgb(164, 141, 44)
HSL	hsl(49, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(49, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14%, 73.2%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.09, -2.07, 52.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.09, 52.21, 92.27°)
OKLab	oklab(64.67% -0.0109 0.1157)
OKLCH	oklch(64.67% 0.116 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.2906, 27.1255, 6.2860)
Luminance	0.2712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48D2C #2C43A4

analogous

#A4512C #A48D2C #7FA42C

triadic

#A48D2C #2CA48D #8D2CA4

tetradic

#A48D2C #2CA451 #2C43A4 #A42C7F

square

#A48D2C #2CA451 #2C43A4 #A42C7F

split-complementary

#A48D2C #2C7FA4 #512CA4

monochromatic

#433A12 #74641F #A48D2C #CCB141 #D9C571

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#A48D2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#A48D2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48D2C

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48D2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48D2C	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)

#9C8A1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29132

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1827A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48d2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 141, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.116 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3ae6c',
    500: '#a48d2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48d2c;
$custom-light: #c3ae6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48d2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.5,
    "s": 57.692,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64667,
    "c": 0.1162,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48D2C

secondary

#6B7CC0

accent

#64E147

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48D2C

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

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