#A48E39#A48E39

#A48E39 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.107 H 94.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48E39
RGB	rgb(164, 142, 57)
HSL	hsl(48, 48%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(48, 65%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 65.2%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.47, -1.87, 46.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.47, 46.98, 92.28°)
OKLab	oklab(65% -0.0087 0.1069)
OKLCH	oklch(65% 0.107 94.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.7226, 27.5352, 7.8301)
Luminance	0.2753 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48E39 #394FA4

analogous

#A45939 #A48E39 #84A439

triadic

#A48E39 #39A48E #8E39A4

tetradic

#A48E39 #39A459 #394FA4 #A43984

square

#A48E39 #39A459 #394FA4 #A43984

split-complementary

#A48E39 #3984A4 #5939A4

monochromatic

#493F19 #776729 #A48E39 #C4AE56 #D4C383

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#A48E39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.51

#A48E39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48E39

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48E39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48E39	1.00	3.23	6.51	6.51
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8B2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2923D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1837C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48e39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 142, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.107 94.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2ae73',
    500: '#a48e39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48e39;
$custom-light: #c2ae73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48e39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.664,
    "s": 48.416,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64998,
    "c": 0.10727,
    "h": 94.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27534
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48E39

secondary

#7B89BE

accent

#6CD850

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48E39

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

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