#A48D3E#A48D3E

#A48D3E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.102 H 93.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48D3E
RGB	rgb(164, 141, 62)
HSL	hsl(46, 45%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(46, 62%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14%, 62.2%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.24, -0.98, 44.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.24, 44.36, 91.26°)
OKLab	oklab(64.84% -0.0055 0.1021)
OKLCH	oklch(64.84% 0.102 93.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.7054, 27.2914, 8.4703)
Luminance	0.2729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48D3E #3E55A4

analogous

#A45A3E #A48D3E #88A43E

triadic

#A48D3E #3EA48D #8D3EA4

tetradic

#A48D3E #3EA45A #3E55A4 #A43E88

square

#A48D3E #3EA45A #3E55A4 #A43E88

split-complementary

#A48D3E #3E88A4 #5A3EA4

monochromatic

#4B411C #78672D #A48D3E #C2AB5D #D3C28A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#A48D3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#A48D3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48D3E

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48D3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48D3E	1.00	3.25	6.46	6.46
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8B36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19242

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1837C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48d3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 141, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.102 93.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2ae76',
    500: '#a48d3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48d3e;
$custom-light: #c2ae76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48d3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.471,
    "s": 45.133,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64837,
    "c": 0.10228,
    "h": 93.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48D3E

secondary

#818EBD

accent

#70D553

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#131009

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48D3E

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

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