#A48D2D#A48D2D

#A48D2D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.116 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48D2D
RGB	rgb(164, 141, 45)
HSL	hsl(48, 57%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(48, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14%, 72.6%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.10, -2.02, 51.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.10, 51.81, 92.23°)
OKLab	oklab(64.68% -0.0106 0.115)
OKLCH	oklch(64.68% 0.116 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.3097, 27.1331, 6.3862)
Luminance	0.2713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48D2D #2D44A4

analogous

#A4512D #A48D2D #7FA42D

triadic

#A48D2D #2DA48D #8D2DA4

tetradic

#A48D2D #2DA451 #2D44A4 #A42D7F

square

#A48D2D #2DA451 #2D44A4 #A42D7F

split-complementary

#A48D2D #2D7FA4 #512DA4

monochromatic

#443A13 #746420 #A48D2D #CBB143 #D9C573

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#A48D2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#A48D2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48D2D

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48D2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48D2D	1.00	3.27	6.43	6.43
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8A1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29132

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1827A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48d2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 141, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.116 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3ae6c',
    500: '#a48d2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48d2d;
$custom-light: #c3ae6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48d2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.403,
    "s": 56.938,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64675,
    "c": 0.11553,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27132
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48D2D

secondary

#6D7DC0

accent

#65E048

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48D2D

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

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