#A48E32#A48E32

#A48E32 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.113 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48E32
RGB	rgb(164, 142, 50)
HSL	hsl(48, 53%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(48, 70%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 69.5%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.41, -2.30, 49.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.41, 50.05, 92.63°)
OKLab	oklab(64.93% -0.0108 0.1122)
OKLCH	oklch(64.93% 0.113 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.5598, 27.4701, 6.9730)
Luminance	0.2747 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48E32 #3248A4

analogous

#A45532 #A48E32 #81A432

triadic

#A48E32 #32A48E #8E32A4

tetradic

#A48E32 #32A455 #3248A4 #A43281

square

#A48E32 #32A455 #3248A4 #A43281

split-complementary

#A48E32 #3281A4 #5532A4

monochromatic

#463D15 #756524 #A48E32 #C8B04B #D6C57A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#A48E32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#A48E32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48E32

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48E32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48E32	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)

#9C8B26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29237

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1837B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48e32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 142, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.113 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2ae6f',
    500: '#a48e32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48e32;
$custom-light: #c2ae6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48e32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.421,
    "s": 53.271,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64932,
    "c": 0.11272,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48E32

secondary

#7382BF

accent

#67DD4B

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48E32

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

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