#A48B23#A48B23

#A48B23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.120 H 94.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48B23
RGB	rgb(164, 139, 35)
HSL	hsl(48, 65%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(48, 79%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.2%, 78.7%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.49, -1.37, 54.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.49, 55.00, 91.43°)
OKLab	oklab(64.18% -0.0099 0.1199)
OKLCH	oklch(64.18% 0.12 94.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.8472, 26.4805, 5.3923)
Luminance	0.2648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48B23 #233CA4

analogous

#A44B23 #A48B23 #7DA423

triadic

#A48B23 #23A48B #8B23A4

tetradic

#A48B23 #23A44B #233CA4 #A4237D

square

#A48B23 #23A44B #233CA4 #A4237D

split-complementary

#A48B23 #237DA4 #4B23A4

monochromatic

#3F360D #726018 #A48B23 #D3B431 #DEC664

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#A48B23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.30

#A48B23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48B23

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48B23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48B23	1.00	3.34	6.30	6.30
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A880C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1902A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B27F77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48b23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 139, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.120 94.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3ac67',
    500: '#a48b23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48b23;
$custom-light: #c3ac67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48b23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.372,
    "s": 64.824,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64175,
    "c": 0.12025,
    "h": 94.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48B23

secondary

#6073C3

accent

#61E840

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48B23

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

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