#A48E40#A48E40

#A48E40 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.101 H 93.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48E40
RGB	rgb(164, 142, 64)
HSL	hsl(47, 44%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(47, 61%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 61%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.53, -1.38, 43.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.53, 43.74, 91.81°)
OKLab	oklab(65.07% -0.0064 0.101)
OKLCH	oklch(65.07% 0.101 93.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.9094, 27.6100, 8.8140)
Luminance	0.2761 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48E40 #4056A4

analogous

#A45C40 #A48E40 #88A440

triadic

#A48E40 #40A48E #8E40A4

tetradic

#A48E40 #40A45C #4056A4 #A44088

square

#A48E40 #40A45C #4056A4 #A44088

split-complementary

#A48E40 #4088A4 #5C40A4

monochromatic

#4C421E #78682F #A48E40 #C1AC60 #D2C38C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#A48E40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.52

#A48E40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48E40

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48E40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48E40	1.00	3.22	6.52	6.52
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8C38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19243

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0847D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48e40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 142, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.101 93.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2ae78',
    500: '#a48e40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48e40;
$custom-light: #c2ae78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48e40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.8,
    "s": 43.86,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65074,
    "c": 0.10125,
    "h": 93.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48E40

secondary

#8390BD

accent

#70D454

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#131009

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48E40

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

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