#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
RGB	rgb(164, 142, 66)
HSL	hsl(47, 43%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(47, 60%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 59.8%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.56, -1.23, 42.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.56, 42.78, 91.65°)
OKLab	oklab(65.1% -0.0058 0.0993)
OKLCH	oklch(65.1% 0.099 93.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.9673, 27.6331, 9.1191)
Luminance	0.2763 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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
##A48E42	1.00	3.22	6.53	6.53
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48E42

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

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