#A48927#A48927

#A48927 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.117 H 92.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48927
RGB	rgb(164, 137, 39)
HSL	hsl(47, 62%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(47, 76%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 76.2%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.97, -0.10, 53.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.97, 53.04, 90.11°)
OKLab	oklab(63.77% -0.0058 0.1165)
OKLCH	oklch(63.77% 0.117 92.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.6231, 25.9318, 5.6275)
Luminance	0.2593 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48927 #2742A4

analogous

#A44B27 #A48927 #81A427

triadic

#A48927 #27A489 #8927A4

tetradic

#A48927 #27A44B #2742A4 #A42781

square

#A48927 #27A44B #2742A4 #A42781

split-complementary

#A48927 #2781A4 #4B27A4

monochromatic

#41360F #73601B #A48927 #D0AF38 #DCC36A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#A48927 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.19

#A48927 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48927

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48927	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48927	1.00	3.39	6.19	6.19
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988716

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B27D76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48927;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 137, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.117 92.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3ab69',
    500: '#a48927',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48927;
$custom-light: #c3ab69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48927",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.04,
    "s": 61.576,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63773,
    "c": 0.11668,
    "h": 92.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48927

secondary

#6579C2

accent

#66E543

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48927

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

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