#A48D2E#A48D2E

#A48D2E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.115 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48D2E
RGB	rgb(164, 141, 46)
HSL	hsl(48, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(48, 72%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14%, 72%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.10, -1.97, 51.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.10, 51.41, 92.19°)
OKLab	oklab(64.68% -0.0103 0.1144)
OKLCH	oklch(64.68% 0.115 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.3291, 27.1409, 6.4888)
Luminance	0.2714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48D2E #2E45A4

analogous

#A4522E #A48D2E #80A42E

triadic

#A48D2E #2EA48D #8D2EA4

tetradic

#A48D2E #2EA452 #2E45A4 #A42E80

square

#A48D2E #2EA452 #2E45A4 #A42E80

split-complementary

#A48D2E #2E80A4 #522EA4

monochromatic

#443B13 #746421 #A48D2E #CBB145 #D8C574

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#A48D2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#A48D2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48D2E

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48D2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48D2E	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)

#9C8A20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29133

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1827A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48d2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 141, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.115 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2ae6d',
    500: '#a48d2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48d2e;
$custom-light: #c2ae6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48d2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.305,
    "s": 56.19,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64683,
    "c": 0.11485,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2714
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48D2E

secondary

#6E7EC0

accent

#66DF48

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48D2E

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