#A48922#A48922

#A48922 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.120 H 93.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48922
RGB	rgb(164, 137, 34)
HSL	hsl(48, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(48, 79%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 79.3%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.94, -0.31, 54.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.94, 54.84, 90.33°)
OKLab	oklab(63.74% -0.0069 0.1193)
OKLCH	oklch(63.74% 0.12 93.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.5456, 25.9008, 5.2196)
Luminance	0.2590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48922 #223DA4

analogous

#A44822 #A48922 #7EA422

triadic

#A48922 #22A489 #8922A4

tetradic

#A48922 #22A448 #223DA4 #A4227E

square

#A48922 #22A448 #223DA4 #A4227E

split-complementary

#A48922 #227EA4 #4822A4

monochromatic

#3F340D #715F17 #A48922 #D4B22F #DEC562

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#A48922 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18

#A48922 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48922

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48922	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48922	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)

#99870B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B27D76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48922;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 137, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.120 93.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3ab66',
    500: '#a48922',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48922;
$custom-light: #c3ab66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48922",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.538,
    "s": 65.657,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63741,
    "c": 0.11952,
    "h": 93.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48922

secondary

#5E73C4

accent

#62E93F

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48922

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

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