#A48921#A48921

#A48921 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.120 H 93.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48921
RGB	rgb(164, 137, 33)
HSL	hsl(48, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(48, 80%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 79.9%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.94, -0.35, 55.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.94, 55.18, 90.36°)
OKLab	oklab(63.74% -0.0071 0.1198)
OKLCH	oklch(63.74% 0.12 93.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.5314, 25.8951, 5.1447)
Luminance	0.2589 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48921 #213CA4

analogous

#A44821 #A48921 #7DA421

triadic

#A48921 #21A489 #8921A4

tetradic

#A48921 #21A448 #213CA4 #A4217D

square

#A48921 #21A448 #213CA4 #A4217D

split-complementary

#A48921 #217DA4 #4821A4

monochromatic

#3E340C #715E17 #A48921 #D5B22D #DFC560

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#A48921 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18

#A48921 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48921

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48921	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48921	1.00	3.40	6.18	6.18
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998708

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B27D75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48921;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 137, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.120 93.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3ab66',
    500: '#a48921',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48921;
$custom-light: #c3ab66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48921",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.634,
    "s": 66.497,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63735,
    "c": 0.12004,
    "h": 93.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48921

secondary

#5D72C4

accent

#62E93E

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48921

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

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