#A48E37#A48E37

#A48E37 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.109 H 94.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48E37
RGB	rgb(164, 142, 55)
HSL	hsl(48, 50%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(48, 66%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 66.5%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.45, -2.00, 47.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.45, 47.88, 92.39°)
OKLab	oklab(64.98% -0.0094 0.1085)
OKLCH	oklch(64.98% 0.109 94.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.6736, 27.5157, 7.5724)
Luminance	0.2751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48E37 #374DA4

analogous

#A45737 #A48E37 #83A437

triadic

#A48E37 #37A48E #8E37A4

tetradic

#A48E37 #37A457 #374DA4 #A43783

square

#A48E37 #37A457 #374DA4 #A43783

split-complementary

#A48E37 #3783A4 #5737A4

monochromatic

#483F18 #766628 #A48E37 #C5AE53 #D5C481

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#A48E37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#A48E37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48E37

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48E37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48E37	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)

#9C8B2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2923B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1837C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48e37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 142, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.109 94.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2ae72',
    500: '#a48e37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48e37;
$custom-light: #c2ae72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48e37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.89,
    "s": 49.772,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64978,
    "c": 0.10888,
    "h": 94.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48E37

secondary

#7987BE

accent

#6BD94F

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48E37

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

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