#A48E4B#A48E4B

#A48E4B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.091 H 91.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48E4B
RGB	rgb(164, 142, 75)
HSL	hsl(45, 37%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(45, 54%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 54.3%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.66, -0.49, 38.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.66, 38.37, 90.74°)
OKLab	oklab(65.21% -0.0025 0.0907)
OKLCH	oklch(65.21% 0.091 91.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.2539, 27.7478, 10.6282)
Luminance	0.2775 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48E4B #4B61A4

analogous

#A4624B #A48E4B #8DA44B

triadic

#A48E4B #4BA48E #8E4BA4

tetradic

#A48E4B #4BA462 #4B61A4 #A44B8D

square

#A48E4B #4BA462 #4B61A4 #A44B8D

split-complementary

#A48E4B #4B8DA4 #624BA4

monochromatic

#504525 #7A6A38 #A48E4B #BDAA6F #D0C399

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#A48E4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#A48E4B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48E4B

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48E4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48E4B	1.00	3.21	6.55	6.55
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8C45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0924E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0857E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48e4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 142, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.091 91.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1ae7f',
    500: '#a48e4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48e4b;
$custom-light: #c1ae7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48e4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.169,
    "s": 37.238,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65214,
    "c": 0.09074,
    "h": 91.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48E4B

secondary

#8E9ABD

accent

#77CD5B

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4EE

border

#D1CEC9

text

#13100A

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48E4B

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

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