#A48D41#A48D41

#A48D41 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.100 H 92.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48D41
RGB	rgb(164, 141, 65)
HSL	hsl(46, 43%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(46, 60%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14%, 60.4%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.27, -0.76, 42.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.27, 42.94, 91.01°)
OKLab	oklab(64.87% -0.0045 0.0995)
OKLCH	oklch(64.87% 0.1 92.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.7900, 27.3252, 8.9159)
Luminance	0.2732 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48D41 #4158A4

analogous

#A45C41 #A48D41 #89A441

triadic

#A48D41 #41A48D #8D41A4

tetradic

#A48D41 #41A45C #4158A4 #A44189

square

#A48D41 #41A45C #4158A4 #A44189

split-complementary

#A48D41 #4189A4 #5C41A4

monochromatic

#4C421E #786730 #A48D41 #C1AB62 #D2C28D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#A48D41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#A48D41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48D41

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48D41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48D41	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)

#9B8B39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09244

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0837C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48d41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 141, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.100 92.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2ae78',
    500: '#a48d41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48d41;
$custom-light: #c2ae78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48d41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.061,
    "s": 43.231,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64872,
    "c": 0.09959,
    "h": 92.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48D41

secondary

#8491BD

accent

#72D355

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#131009

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48D41

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

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