#A48E2E#A48E2E

#A48E2E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.116 H 95.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48E2E
RGB	rgb(164, 142, 46)
HSL	hsl(49, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(49, 72%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 72%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.38, -2.51, 51.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.38, 51.70, 92.79°)
OKLab	oklab(64.9% -0.0119 0.115)
OKLCH	oklch(64.9% 0.116 95.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.4773, 27.4371, 6.5382)
Luminance	0.2744 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48E2E #2E44A4

analogous

#A4532E #A48E2E #7FA42E

triadic

#A48E2E #2EA48E #8E2EA4

tetradic

#A48E2E #2EA453 #2E44A4 #A42E7F

square

#A48E2E #2EA453 #2E44A4 #A42E7F

split-complementary

#A48E2E #2E7FA4 #532EA4

monochromatic

#443B13 #746521 #A48E2E #CBB245 #D8C574

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#A48E2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#A48E2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48E2E

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48E2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48E2E	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)

#9D8B20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29233

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1837B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48e2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 142, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.116 95.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2ae6d',
    500: '#a48e2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48e2e;
$custom-light: #c2ae6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48e2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.814,
    "s": 56.19,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64899,
    "c": 0.11557,
    "h": 95.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48E2E

secondary

#6E7DC0

accent

#65DF48

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48E2E

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