#A48E2A#A48E2A

#A48E2A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.118 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48E2A
RGB	rgb(164, 142, 42)
HSL	hsl(49, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(49, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 74.4%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.35, -2.71, 53.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.35, 53.28, 92.92°)
OKLab	oklab(64.87% -0.0129 0.1175)
OKLCH	oklch(64.87% 0.118 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.4021, 27.4070, 6.1421)
Luminance	0.2741 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48E2A #2A40A4

analogous

#A4512A #A48E2A #7DA42A

triadic

#A48E2A #2AA48E #8E2AA4

tetradic

#A48E2A #2AA451 #2A40A4 #A42A7D

square

#A48E2A #2AA451 #2A40A4 #A42A7D

split-complementary

#A48E2A #2A7DA4 #512AA4

monochromatic

#433A11 #73641E #A48E2A #CDB43E #DAC76E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#A48E2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.48

#A48E2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48E2A

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48E2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48E2A	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)

#9D8B19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39230

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1837A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48e2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 142, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.118 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3ae6b',
    500: '#a48e2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48e2a;
$custom-light: #c3ae6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48e2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.18,
    "s": 59.223,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64868,
    "c": 0.11821,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48E2A

secondary

#6979C1

accent

#62E245

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48E2A

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

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