#A48E28#A48E28

#A48E28 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.119 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48E28
RGB	rgb(164, 142, 40)
HSL	hsl(49, 61%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(49, 76%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 75.6%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.34, -2.81, 53.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.34, 54.03, 92.98°)
OKLab	oklab(64.85% -0.0134 0.1187)
OKLCH	oklch(64.85% 0.119 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.3672, 27.3931, 5.9583)
Luminance	0.2739 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48E28 #283EA4

analogous

#A45028 #A48E28 #7CA428

triadic

#A48E28 #28A48E #8E28A4

tetradic

#A48E28 #28A450 #283EA4 #A4287C

square

#A48E28 #28A450 #283EA4 #A4287C

split-complementary

#A48E28 #287CA4 #5028A4

monochromatic

#423910 #73631C #A48E28 #CFB53A #DBC76B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#A48E28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.48

#A48E28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48E28

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48E28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48E28	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)

#9D8B16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3922E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1837A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48e28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 142, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.119 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3ae6a',
    500: '#a48e28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48e28;
$custom-light: #c3ae6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48e28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.355,
    "s": 60.784,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64854,
    "c": 0.11946,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48E28

secondary

#6676C1

accent

#60E444

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48E28

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

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