#A48E45#A48E45

#A48E45 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.097 H 92.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48E45
RGB	rgb(164, 142, 69)
HSL	hsl(46, 41%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(46, 58%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 57.9%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.59, -1.00, 41.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.59, 41.33, 91.38°)
OKLab	oklab(65.13% -0.0047 0.0965)
OKLCH	oklch(65.13% 0.097 92.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.0581, 27.6695, 9.5972)
Luminance	0.2767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48E45 #455BA4

analogous

#A45E45 #A48E45 #8AA445

triadic

#A48E45 #45A48E #8E45A4

tetradic

#A48E45 #45A45E #455BA4 #A4458A

square

#A48E45 #45A45E #455BA4 #A4458A

split-complementary

#A48E45 #458AA4 #5E45A4

monochromatic

#4E4321 #796933 #A48E45 #BFAB67 #D1C392

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#A48E45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#A48E45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48E45

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48E45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48E45	1.00	3.21	6.53	6.53
#FFFFFF	3.21	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)

#9B8C3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19248

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0847E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48e45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 142, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.097 92.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1ae7b',
    500: '#a48e45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48e45;
$custom-light: #c1ae7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48e45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.105,
    "s": 40.773,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65134,
    "c": 0.09661,
    "h": 92.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48E45

secondary

#8894BD

accent

#73D157

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4EE

border

#D1CEC9

text

#131009

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48E45

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

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