#A48931#A48931

#A48931 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.110 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48931
RGB	rgb(164, 137, 49)
HSL	hsl(46, 54%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(46, 70%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 70.1%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.04, 0.40, 49.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.04, 49.03, 89.54°)
OKLab	oklab(63.85% -0.0032 0.11)
OKLCH	oklch(63.85% 0.11 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.8112, 26.0070, 6.6181)
Luminance	0.2601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48931 #314CA4

analogous

#A45031 #A48931 #86A431

triadic

#A48931 #31A489 #8931A4

tetradic

#A48931 #31A450 #314CA4 #A43186

square

#A48931 #31A450 #314CA4 #A43186

split-complementary

#A48931 #3186A4 #5031A4

monochromatic

#463A15 #756223 #A48931 #C9AB49 #D7C179

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#A48931 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.20

#A48931 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48931

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48931	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48931	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)

#988725

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B17E77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48931;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 137, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.110 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2ab6e',
    500: '#a48931',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48931;
$custom-light: #c2ab6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48931",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.913,
    "s": 53.991,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63853,
    "c": 0.11002,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48931

secondary

#7284BF

accent

#6DDD4A

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48931

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

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