#A48823#A48823

#A48823 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.118 H 92.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48823
RGB	rgb(164, 136, 35)
HSL	hsl(47, 65%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(47, 79%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 78.7%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.68, 0.28, 54.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.68, 54.24, 89.71°)
OKLab	oklab(63.53% -0.0052 0.1183)
OKLCH	oklch(63.53% 0.118 92.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.4188, 25.6237, 5.2495)
Luminance	0.2562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48823 #233FA4

analogous

#A44823 #A48823 #80A423

triadic

#A48823 #23A488 #8823A4

tetradic

#A48823 #23A448 #233FA4 #A42380

square

#A48823 #23A448 #233FA4 #A42380

split-complementary

#A48823 #2380A4 #4823A4

monochromatic

#3F340D #725E18 #A48823 #D3B031 #DEC364

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#A48823 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.12

#A48823 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48823

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48823	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48823	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)

#98860E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8E29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B27C75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48823;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 136, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.118 92.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3aa66',
    500: '#a48823',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48823;
$custom-light: #c3aa66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48823",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.977,
    "s": 64.824,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63533,
    "c": 0.11836,
    "h": 92.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48823

secondary

#6075C3

accent

#64E840

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48823

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

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