#A48621#A48621

#A48621 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.118 H 91.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48621
RGB	rgb(164, 134, 33)
HSL	hsl(46, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(46, 80%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.3%, 79.9%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.13, 1.31, 54.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.13, 54.46, 88.62°)
OKLab	oklab(63.1% -0.0024 0.1183)
OKLCH	oklch(63.1% 0.118 91.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.1109, 25.0540, 5.0045)
Luminance	0.2505 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48621 #213FA4

analogous

#A44521 #A48621 #80A421

triadic

#A48621 #21A486 #8621A4

tetradic

#A48621 #21A445 #213FA4 #A42180

square

#A48621 #21A445 #213FA4 #A42180

split-complementary

#A48621 #2180A4 #4521A4

monochromatic

#3E330C #715C17 #A48621 #D5AE2D #DFC260

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#A48621 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.01

#A48621 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48621

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48621	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48621	1.00	3.49	6.01	6.01
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96840A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B27A73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48621;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 134, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.118 91.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3a865',
    500: '#a48621',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48621;
$custom-light: #c3a865;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48621",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.26,
    "s": 66.497,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63096,
    "c": 0.11828,
    "h": 91.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48621

secondary

#5D74C4

accent

#66E93E

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48621

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

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