#A48A22#A48A22

#A48A22 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.120 H 94.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48A22
RGB	rgb(164, 138, 34)
HSL	hsl(48, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(48, 79%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 79.3%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.21, -0.86, 55.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.21, 55.09, 90.90°)
OKLab	oklab(63.96% -0.0085 0.1199)
OKLCH	oklch(63.96% 0.12 94.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.6884, 26.1864, 5.2672)
Luminance	0.2619 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48A22 #223CA4

analogous

#A44922 #A48A22 #7DA422

triadic

#A48A22 #22A48A #8A22A4

tetradic

#A48A22 #22A449 #223CA4 #A4227D

square

#A48A22 #22A449 #223CA4 #A4227D

split-complementary

#A48A22 #227DA4 #4922A4

monochromatic

#3F350D #715F17 #A48A22 #D4B32F #DEC662

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#A48A22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.24

#A48A22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48A22

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48A22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48A22	1.00	3.37	6.24	6.24
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99870A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A08F29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B27E76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48a22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 138, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.120 94.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3ab66',
    500: '#a48a22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48a22;
$custom-light: #c3ab66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48a22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 65.657,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63955,
    "c": 0.12015,
    "h": 94.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48A22

secondary

#5E73C4

accent

#61E93F

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48A22

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

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