#A48B21#A48B21

#A48B21 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.121 H 94.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48B21
RGB	rgb(164, 139, 33)
HSL	hsl(49, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(49, 80%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.2%, 79.9%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.48, -1.45, 55.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.48, 55.68, 91.49°)
OKLab	oklab(64.16% -0.0103 0.1209)
OKLCH	oklch(64.16% 0.121 94.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.8184, 26.4690, 5.2404)
Luminance	0.2647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48B21 #213AA4

analogous

#A44A21 #A48B21 #7BA421

triadic

#A48B21 #21A48B #8B21A4

tetradic

#A48B21 #21A44A #213AA4 #A4217B

square

#A48B21 #21A44A #213AA4 #A4217B

split-complementary

#A48B21 #217BA4 #4A21A4

monochromatic

#3E350C #716017 #A48B21 #D5B52D #DFC760

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#A48B21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.29

#A48B21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48B21

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48B21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48B21	1.00	3.34	6.29	6.29
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8807

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19028

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B27F77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48b21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 139, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.121 94.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3ac66',
    500: '#a48b21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48b21;
$custom-light: #c3ac66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48b21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.55,
    "s": 66.497,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64163,
    "c": 0.12132,
    "h": 94.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48B21

secondary

#5D71C4

accent

#5FE93E

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48B21

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

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