#A48E35#A48E35

#A48E35 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.110 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48E35
RGB	rgb(164, 142, 53)
HSL	hsl(48, 51%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(48, 68%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 67.7%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.43, -2.12, 48.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.43, 48.76, 92.49°)
OKLab	oklab(64.96% -0.01 0.11)
OKLCH	oklch(64.96% 0.11 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.6267, 27.4969, 7.3251)
Luminance	0.2750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48E35 #354BA4

analogous

#A45635 #A48E35 #83A435

triadic

#A48E35 #35A48E #8E35A4

tetradic

#A48E35 #35A456 #354BA4 #A43583

square

#A48E35 #35A456 #354BA4 #A43583

split-complementary

#A48E35 #3583A4 #5635A4

monochromatic

#473E17 #766626 #A48E35 #C6AF50 #D5C47E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#A48E35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#A48E35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48E35

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48E35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48E35	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)

#9C8B2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2923A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1837B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48e35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 142, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.110 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2ae71',
    500: '#a48e35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48e35;
$custom-light: #c2ae71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48e35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.108,
    "s": 51.152,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64959,
    "c": 0.11046,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48E35

secondary

#7685BE

accent

#69DB4D

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48E35

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

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