#A48E41#A48E41

#A48E41 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.100 H 93.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48E41
RGB	rgb(164, 142, 65)
HSL	hsl(47, 43%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(47, 60%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 60.4%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.55, -1.31, 43.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.55, 43.26, 91.73°)
OKLab	oklab(65.09% -0.0061 0.1002)
OKLCH	oklch(65.09% 0.1 93.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.9381, 27.6215, 8.9652)
Luminance	0.2762 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48E41 #4157A4

analogous

#A45D41 #A48E41 #88A441

triadic

#A48E41 #41A48E #8E41A4

tetradic

#A48E41 #41A45D #4157A4 #A44188

square

#A48E41 #41A45D #4157A4 #A44188

split-complementary

#A48E41 #4188A4 #5D41A4

monochromatic

#4C421E #786830 #A48E41 #C1AB62 #D2C38D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#A48E41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.52

#A48E41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48E41

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48E41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48E41	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)

#9C8C39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19244

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0847D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48e41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 142, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.100 93.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2ae78',
    500: '#a48e41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48e41;
$custom-light: #c2ae78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48e41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.667,
    "s": 43.231,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65086,
    "c": 0.10034,
    "h": 93.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48E41

secondary

#8490BD

accent

#71D355

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#131009

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48E41

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

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