#A48E42#A48E42

#A48E42 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.099 H 93.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#A48E42
RGBrgb(164, 142, 66)
HSLhsl(47, 43%, 45%)
HSVhsv(47, 60%, 64%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 13.4%, 59.8%, 35.7%)
CIE-LABlab(59.56, -1.23, 42.76)
CIE-LCHlch(59.56, 42.78, 91.65°)
OKLaboklab(65.1% -0.0058 0.0993)
OKLCHoklch(65.1% 0.099 93.3)
XYZxyz(25.9673, 27.6331, 9.1191)
Luminance0.2763 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#A48E42 #4258A4
analogous
#A45D42 #A48E42 #89A442
triadic
#A48E42 #42A48E #8E42A4
tetradic
#A48E42 #42A45D #4258A4 #A44289
square
#A48E42 #42A45D #4258A4 #A44289
split-complementary
#A48E42 #4289A4 #5D42A4
monochromatic
#4D421F #786830 #A48E42 #C0AB63 #D2C38F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22
#A48E42 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53
#A48E42 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48E42
6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##A48E42#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##A48E421.003.226.536.53
#FFFFFF3.221.0021.0021.00
#0000006.5321.001.001.00
##0000006.5321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#9B8C3A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A19245
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B0847D
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #a48e42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 142, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.099 93.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2ae79',
    500: '#a48e42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #a48e42;
$custom-light: #c2ae79;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#a48e42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.531,
    "s": 42.609,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65098,
    "c": 0.09943,
    "h": 93.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#A48E42
secondary
#8591BD
accent
#71D255
background
#FCFAF7
surface
#F8F4ED
border
#D1CEC8
text
#131009
muted
#827F7B

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#A48E42 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva