#A48521#A48521

#A48521 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.118 H 90.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48521
RGB	rgb(164, 133, 33)
HSL	hsl(46, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(46, 80%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.9%, 79.9%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.86, 1.86, 54.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.86, 54.23, 88.03°)
OKLab	oklab(62.88% -0.0008 0.1177)
OKLCH	oklch(62.88% 0.118 90.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.9733, 24.7789, 4.9587)
Luminance	0.2478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48521 #2140A4

analogous

#A44421 #A48521 #81A421

triadic

#A48521 #21A485 #8521A4

tetradic

#A48521 #21A444 #2140A4 #A42181

square

#A48521 #21A444 #2140A4 #A42181

split-complementary

#A48521 #2181A4 #4421A4

monochromatic

#3E320C #715C17 #A48521 #D5AD2D #DFC160

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#A48521 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.96

#A48521 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48521

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48521	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48521	1.00	3.53	5.96	5.96
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95830B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8C27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B27972

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48521;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 133, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.118 90.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3a865',
    500: '#a48521',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48521;
$custom-light: #c3a865;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48521",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.802,
    "s": 66.497,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62884,
    "c": 0.11773,
    "h": 90.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48521

secondary

#5D75C4

accent

#67E93E

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48521

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

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