#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
RGB	rgb(164, 138, 35)
HSL	hsl(48, 65%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(48, 79%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 78.7%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.22, -0.82, 54.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.22, 54.74, 90.86°)
OKLab	oklab(63.96% -0.0083 0.1193)
OKLCH	oklch(63.96% 0.12 94)
XYZ	xyz(24.7031, 26.1923, 5.3442)
Luminance	0.2619 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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
##A48A23	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)

#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

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

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