#A48E2F#A48E2F

#A48E2F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.115 H 95.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48E2F
RGB	rgb(164, 142, 47)
HSL	hsl(49, 55%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(49, 71%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 71.3%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.38, -2.46, 51.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.38, 51.30, 92.75°)
OKLab	oklab(64.91% -0.0116 0.1143)
OKLCH	oklch(64.91% 0.115 95.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.4972, 27.4451, 6.6432)
Luminance	0.2744 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48E2F #2F45A4

analogous

#A4542F #A48E2F #80A42F

triadic

#A48E2F #2FA48E #8E2FA4

tetradic

#A48E2F #2FA454 #2F45A4 #A42F80

square

#A48E2F #2FA454 #2F45A4 #A42F80

split-complementary

#A48E2F #2F80A4 #542FA4

monochromatic

#453C14 #746521 #A48E2F #CAB146 #D8C576

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#A48E2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#A48E2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48E2F

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48E2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48E2F	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)

#9D8B21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29234

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1837B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48e2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 142, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.115 95.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2ae6d',
    500: '#a48e2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48e2f;
$custom-light: #c2ae6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48e2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.718,
    "s": 55.45,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64907,
    "c": 0.11488,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48E2F

secondary

#6F7EC0

accent

#65DF49

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48E2F

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

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