#A48D43#A48D43

#A48D43 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.098 H 92.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48D43
RGB	rgb(164, 141, 67)
HSL	hsl(46, 42%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(46, 59%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14%, 59.1%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.30, -0.61, 41.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.30, 41.98, 90.83°)
OKLab	oklab(64.9% -0.0038 0.0977)
OKLCH	oklch(64.9% 0.098 92.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.8489, 27.3488, 9.2264)
Luminance	0.2735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48D43 #435AA4

analogous

#A45C43 #A48D43 #8AA443

triadic

#A48D43 #43A48D #8D43A4

tetradic

#A48D43 #43A45C #435AA4 #A4438A

square

#A48D43 #43A45C #435AA4 #A4438A

split-complementary

#A48D43 #438AA4 #5C43A4

monochromatic

#4D421F #796831 #A48D43 #C0AA64 #D2C290

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#A48D43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#A48D43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48D43

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48D43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48D43	1.00	3.25	6.47	6.47
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8B3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09246

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0837C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48d43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 141, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.098 92.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1ae7a',
    500: '#a48d43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48d43;
$custom-light: #c1ae7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48d43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.773,
    "s": 41.991,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64896,
    "c": 0.09776,
    "h": 92.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48D43

secondary

#8693BD

accent

#73D256

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4EE

border

#D1CEC9

text

#131009

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48D43

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

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