#A48523#A48523

#A48523 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.117 H 90.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48523
RGB	rgb(164, 133, 35)
HSL	hsl(46, 65%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(46, 79%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.9%, 78.7%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.87, 1.94, 53.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.87, 53.53, 87.92°)
OKLab	oklab(62.9% -0.0004 0.1167)
OKLCH	oklch(62.9% 0.117 90.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.0022, 24.7905, 5.1106)
Luminance	0.2479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48523 #2342A4

analogous

#A44423 #A48523 #83A423

triadic

#A48523 #23A485 #8523A4

tetradic

#A48523 #23A444 #2342A4 #A42383

square

#A48523 #23A444 #2342A4 #A42383

split-complementary

#A48523 #2383A4 #4423A4

monochromatic

#3F330D #725C18 #A48523 #D3AC31 #DEC064

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#A48523 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.96

#A48523 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48523

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48523	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48523	1.00	3.52	5.96	5.96
#FFFFFF	3.52	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)

#95830F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8C29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B27972

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48523;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 133, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.117 90.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3a866',
    500: '#a48523',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48523;
$custom-light: #c3a866;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48523",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.581,
    "s": 64.824,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62896,
    "c": 0.11666,
    "h": 90.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48523

secondary

#6078C3

accent

#68E840

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48523

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

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