#A48929#A48929

#A48929 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.115 H 92.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48929
RGB	rgb(164, 137, 41)
HSL	hsl(47, 60%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(47, 75%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 75%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.99, -0.01, 52.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.99, 52.28, 90.02°)
OKLab	oklab(63.79% -0.0053 0.1153)
OKLCH	oklch(63.79% 0.115 92.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.6571, 25.9454, 5.8066)
Luminance	0.2594 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48929 #2944A4

analogous

#A44B29 #A48929 #82A429

triadic

#A48929 #29A489 #8929A4

tetradic

#A48929 #29A44B #2944A4 #A42982

square

#A48929 #29A44B #2944A4 #A42982

split-complementary

#A48929 #2982A4 #4B29A4

monochromatic

#423711 #73601D #A48929 #CEAE3C #DAC26D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#A48929 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.19

#A48929 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48929

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48929	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48929	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)

#988719

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B27E76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48929;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 137, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.115 92.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3ab6a',
    500: '#a48929',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48929;
$custom-light: #c3ab6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48929",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.829,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63788,
    "c": 0.11545,
    "h": 92.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48929

secondary

#687BC1

accent

#67E345

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48929

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

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