#A48E2D#A48E2D

#A48E2D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.116 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48E2D
RGB	rgb(164, 142, 45)
HSL	hsl(49, 57%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(49, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 72.6%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.37, -2.57, 52.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.37, 52.10, 92.82°)
OKLab	oklab(64.89% -0.0122 0.1156)
OKLCH	oklch(64.89% 0.116 96)
XYZ	xyz(25.4578, 27.4293, 6.4356)
Luminance	0.2743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48E2D #2D43A4

analogous

#A4522D #A48E2D #7EA42D

triadic

#A48E2D #2DA48E #8E2DA4

tetradic

#A48E2D #2DA452 #2D43A4 #A42D7E

square

#A48E2D #2DA452 #2D43A4 #A42D7E

split-complementary

#A48E2D #2D7EA4 #522DA4

monochromatic

#443B13 #746420 #A48E2D #CBB243 #D9C673

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#A48E2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#A48E2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48E2D

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48E2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48E2D	1.00	3.24	6.49	6.49
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8B1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29233

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1837B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48e2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 142, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.116 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3ae6c',
    500: '#a48e2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48e2d;
$custom-light: #c3ae6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48e2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.908,
    "s": 56.938,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64891,
    "c": 0.11625,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.27428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48E2D

secondary

#6D7CC0

accent

#64E048

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48E2D

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

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