#A48721#A48721

#A48721 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.119 H 91.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48721
RGB	rgb(164, 135, 33)
HSL	hsl(47, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(47, 80%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.7%, 79.9%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.40, 0.75, 54.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.40, 54.69, 89.21°)
OKLab	oklab(63.31% -0.004 0.1188)
OKLCH	oklch(63.31% 0.119 91.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.2497, 25.3318, 5.0508)
Luminance	0.2533 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48721 #213EA4

analogous

#A44621 #A48721 #7FA421

triadic

#A48721 #21A487 #8721A4

tetradic

#A48721 #21A446 #213EA4 #A4217F

square

#A48721 #21A446 #213EA4 #A4217F

split-complementary

#A48721 #217FA4 #4621A4

monochromatic

#3E330C #715D17 #A48721 #D5B02D #DFC360

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#A48721 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.07

#A48721 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48721

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48721	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48721	1.00	3.46	6.07	6.07
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97850A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8D28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B27B74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48721;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 135, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.119 91.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3a965',
    500: '#a48721',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48721;
$custom-light: #c3a965;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48721",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.718,
    "s": 66.497,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63308,
    "c": 0.11885,
    "h": 91.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48721

secondary

#5D74C4

accent

#64E93E

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48721

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

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