#A48E31#A48E31

#A48E31 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.113 H 95.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48E31
RGB	rgb(164, 142, 49)
HSL	hsl(49, 54%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(49, 70%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 70.1%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.40, -2.35, 50.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.40, 50.47, 92.67°)
OKLab	oklab(64.92% -0.0111 0.1129)
OKLCH	oklch(64.92% 0.113 95.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.5385, 27.4616, 6.8606)
Luminance	0.2746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48E31 #3147A4

analogous

#A45531 #A48E31 #81A431

triadic

#A48E31 #31A48E #8E31A4

tetradic

#A48E31 #31A455 #3147A4 #A43181

square

#A48E31 #31A455 #3147A4 #A43181

split-complementary

#A48E31 #3181A4 #5531A4

monochromatic

#463C15 #756523 #A48E31 #C9B049 #D7C579

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#A48E31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#A48E31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48E31

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48E31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48E31	1.00	3.23	6.49	6.49
#FFFFFF	3.23	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)

#9D8B24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29236

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1837B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48e31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 142, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.113 95.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2ae6f',
    500: '#a48e31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48e31;
$custom-light: #c2ae6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48e31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.522,
    "s": 53.991,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64924,
    "c": 0.11345,
    "h": 95.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48E31

secondary

#7280BF

accent

#67DD4A

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48E31

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

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