#A48D46#A48D46

#A48D46 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.095 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48D46
RGB	rgb(164, 141, 70)
HSL	hsl(45, 40%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(45, 57%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14%, 57.3%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.33, -0.37, 40.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.33, 40.52, 90.52°)
OKLab	oklab(64.93% -0.0028 0.0949)
OKLCH	oklch(64.93% 0.095 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.9413, 27.3857, 9.7127)
Luminance	0.2738 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48D46 #465DA4

analogous

#A45E46 #A48D46 #8CA446

triadic

#A48D46 #46A48D #8D46A4

tetradic

#A48D46 #46A45E #465DA4 #A4468C

square

#A48D46 #46A45E #465DA4 #A4468C

split-complementary

#A48D46 #468CA4 #5E46A4

monochromatic

#4E4321 #796834 #A48D46 #BFAA68 #D1C293

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#A48D46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.48

#A48D46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48D46

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48D46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48D46	1.00	3.24	6.48	6.48
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8B3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09249

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0837D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48d46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 141, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.095 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1ae7c',
    500: '#a48d46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48d46;
$custom-light: #c1ae7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48d46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.319,
    "s": 40.171,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64933,
    "c": 0.09492,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48D46

secondary

#8996BD

accent

#75D058

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4EE

border

#D1CEC9

text

#131009

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48D46

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

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