#A48A23#A48A23

#A48A23 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.120 H 94.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#A48A23
RGBrgb(164, 138, 35)
HSLhsl(48, 65%, 39%)
HSVhsv(48, 79%, 64%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 15.9%, 78.7%, 35.7%)
CIE-LABlab(58.22, -0.82, 54.74)
CIE-LCHlch(58.22, 54.74, 90.86°)
OKLaboklab(63.96% -0.0083 0.1193)
OKLCHoklch(63.96% 0.12 94)
XYZxyz(24.7031, 26.1923, 5.3442)
Luminance0.2619 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#A48A23 #233DA4
analogous
#A44A23 #A48A23 #7EA423
triadic
#A48A23 #23A48A #8A23A4
tetradic
#A48A23 #23A44A #233DA4 #A4237E
square
#A48A23 #23A44A #233DA4 #A4237E
split-complementary
#A48A23 #237EA4 #4A23A4
monochromatic
#3F350D #726018 #A48A23 #D3B231 #DEC564

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37
#A48A23 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.24
#A48A23 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48A23
6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##A48A23#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##A48A231.003.376.246.24
#FFFFFF3.371.0021.0021.00
#0000006.2421.001.001.00
##0000006.2421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#99870D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A08F2A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B27E76
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #a48a23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 138, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.120 94.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3ab67',
    500: '#a48a23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #a48a23;
$custom-light: #c3ab67;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#a48a23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.907,
    "s": 64.824,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63961,
    "c": 0.11961,
    "h": 94
  },
  "luminance": 0.26191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#A48A23
secondary
#6074C3
accent
#62E840
background
#FCFAF6
surface
#F8F4EB
border
#D1CEC6
text
#131006
muted
#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48A23

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#A48A23 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva