#A48821#A48821

#A48821 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.119 H 92.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48821
RGB	rgb(164, 136, 33)
HSL	hsl(47, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(47, 80%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 79.9%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.67, 0.20, 54.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.67, 54.93, 89.79°)
OKLab	oklab(63.52% -0.0056 0.1193)
OKLCH	oklch(63.52% 0.119 92.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.3899, 25.6121, 5.0975)
Luminance	0.2561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48821 #213DA4

analogous

#A44721 #A48821 #7EA421

triadic

#A48821 #21A488 #8821A4

tetradic

#A48821 #21A447 #213DA4 #A4217E

square

#A48821 #21A447 #213DA4 #A4217E

split-complementary

#A48821 #217EA4 #4721A4

monochromatic

#3E330C #715E17 #A48821 #D5B12D #DFC460

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#A48821 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.12

#A48821 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48821

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48821	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48821	1.00	3.43	6.12	6.12
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988609

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8E28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B27C75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48821;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 136, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.119 92.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3aa66',
    500: '#a48821',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48821;
$custom-light: #c3aa66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48821",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.176,
    "s": 66.497,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63521,
    "c": 0.11944,
    "h": 92.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48821

secondary

#5D73C4

accent

#63E93E

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48821

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

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