#A48E2B#A48E2B

#A48E2B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.118 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48E2B
RGB	rgb(164, 142, 43)
HSL	hsl(49, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(49, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 73.8%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.36, -2.67, 52.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.36, 52.89, 92.89°)
OKLab	oklab(64.88% -0.0127 0.1169)
OKLCH	oklch(64.88% 0.118 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.4202, 27.4143, 6.2376)
Luminance	0.2741 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48E2B #2B41A4

analogous

#A4512B #A48E2B #7DA42B

triadic

#A48E2B #2BA48E #8E2BA4

tetradic

#A48E2B #2BA451 #2B41A4 #A42B7D

square

#A48E2B #2BA451 #2B41A4 #A42B7D

split-complementary

#A48E2B #2B7DA4 #512BA4

monochromatic

#433A12 #74641E #A48E2B #CDB33F #D9C670

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#A48E2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.48

#A48E2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48E2B

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48E2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48E2B	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)

#9D8B1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29231

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1837A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48e2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 142, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.118 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3ae6b',
    500: '#a48e2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48e2b;
$custom-light: #c3ae6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48e2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.091,
    "s": 58.454,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64875,
    "c": 0.11757,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48E2B

secondary

#6A7AC1

accent

#62E246

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48E2B

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

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