#A48E34#A48E34

#A48E34 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.111 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48E34
RGB	rgb(164, 142, 52)
HSL	hsl(48, 52%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(48, 68%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 68.3%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.42, -2.18, 49.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.42, 49.19, 92.54°)
OKLab	oklab(64.95% -0.0102 0.1108)
OKLCH	oklch(64.95% 0.111 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.6039, 27.4878, 7.2052)
Luminance	0.2749 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48E34 #344AA4

analogous

#A45634 #A48E34 #82A434

triadic

#A48E34 #34A48E #8E34A4

tetradic

#A48E34 #34A456 #344AA4 #A43482

square

#A48E34 #34A456 #344AA4 #A43482

split-complementary

#A48E34 #3482A4 #5634A4

monochromatic

#473E17 #766625 #A48E34 #C7AF4E #D6C47D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#A48E34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#A48E34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48E34

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48E34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48E34	1.00	3.23	6.50	6.50
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8B28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29239

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1837B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48e34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 142, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.111 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2ae70',
    500: '#a48e34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48e34;
$custom-light: #c2ae70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48e34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.214,
    "s": 51.852,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6495,
    "c": 0.11122,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48E34

secondary

#7584BF

accent

#69DB4C

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48E34

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

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