#A48930#A48930

#A48930 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.111 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48930
RGB	rgb(164, 137, 48)
HSL	hsl(46, 55%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(46, 71%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 70.7%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.04, 0.34, 49.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.04, 49.45, 89.60°)
OKLab	oklab(63.84% -0.0035 0.1107)
OKLCH	oklch(63.84% 0.111 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.7903, 25.9987, 6.5082)
Luminance	0.2600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48930 #304BA4

analogous

#A44F30 #A48930 #85A430

triadic

#A48930 #30A489 #8930A4

tetradic

#A48930 #30A44F #304BA4 #A43085

square

#A48930 #30A44F #304BA4 #A43085

split-complementary

#A48930 #3085A4 #4F30A4

monochromatic

#453A14 #756122 #A48930 #C9AB48 #D7C177

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#A48930 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.20

#A48930 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48930

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48930	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48930	1.00	3.39	6.20	6.20
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988724

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B17E77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48930;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 137, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.111 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2ab6e',
    500: '#a48930',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48930;
$custom-light: #c2ab6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48930",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.034,
    "s": 54.717,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63844,
    "c": 0.11075,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48930

secondary

#7083BF

accent

#6CDE4A

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48930

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

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