#A48E27#A48E27

#A48E27 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.120 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48E27
RGB	rgb(164, 142, 39)
HSL	hsl(49, 62%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(49, 76%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 76.2%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.33, -2.85, 54.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.33, 54.40, 93.00°)
OKLab	oklab(64.85% -0.0136 0.1193)
OKLCH	oklch(64.85% 0.12 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.3504, 27.3864, 5.8699)
Luminance	0.2738 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48E27 #273DA4

analogous

#A45027 #A48E27 #7CA427

triadic

#A48E27 #27A48E #8E27A4

tetradic

#A48E27 #27A450 #273DA4 #A4277C

square

#A48E27 #27A450 #273DA4 #A4277C

split-complementary

#A48E27 #277CA4 #5027A4

monochromatic

#41380F #73631B #A48E27 #D0B538 #DCC86A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#A48E27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.48

#A48E27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48E27

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48E27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48E27	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)

#9D8B14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3922E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1837A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48e27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 142, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.120 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3ae69',
    500: '#a48e27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48e27;
$custom-light: #c3ae69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48e27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.44,
    "s": 61.576,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64847,
    "c": 0.12005,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48E27

secondary

#6575C2

accent

#60E543

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48E27

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

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