#A48923#A48923

#A48923 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.119 H 93.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48923
RGB	rgb(164, 137, 35)
HSL	hsl(47, 65%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(47, 79%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 78.7%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.95, -0.27, 54.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.95, 54.49, 90.29°)
OKLab	oklab(63.75% -0.0067 0.1188)
OKLCH	oklch(63.75% 0.119 93.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.5603, 25.9067, 5.2966)
Luminance	0.2591 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48923 #233EA4

analogous

#A44923 #A48923 #7FA423

triadic

#A48923 #23A489 #8923A4

tetradic

#A48923 #23A449 #233EA4 #A4237F

square

#A48923 #23A449 #233EA4 #A4237F

split-complementary

#A48923 #237FA4 #4923A4

monochromatic

#3F350D #725F18 #A48923 #D3B131 #DEC464

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#A48923 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18

#A48923 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48923

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48923	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48923	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)

#99870D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B27D76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48923;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 137, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.119 93.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3ab67',
    500: '#a48923',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48923;
$custom-light: #c3ab67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48923",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.442,
    "s": 64.824,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63747,
    "c": 0.11898,
    "h": 93.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48923

secondary

#6074C3

accent

#63E840

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48923

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

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