#A48C21#A48C21

#A48C21 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.122 H 95.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48C21
RGB	rgb(164, 140, 33)
HSL	hsl(49, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(49, 80%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.6%, 79.9%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.75, -2.00, 55.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.75, 55.94, 92.05°)
OKLab	oklab(64.38% -0.0118 0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(64.38% 0.122 95.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.9638, 26.7599, 5.2888)
Luminance	0.2676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48C21 #2139A4

analogous

#A44B21 #A48C21 #7AA421

triadic

#A48C21 #21A48C #8C21A4

tetradic

#A48C21 #21A44B #2139A4 #A4217A

square

#A48C21 #21A44B #2139A4 #A4217A

split-complementary

#A48C21 #217AA4 #4B21A4

monochromatic

#3E350C #716117 #A48C21 #D5B62D #DFC860

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#A48C21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.35

#A48C21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48C21

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48C21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48C21	1.00	3.31	6.35	6.35
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8906

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19128

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B28078

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48c21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 140, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.122 95.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3ad66',
    500: '#a48c21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48c21;
$custom-light: #c3ad66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48c21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.008,
    "s": 66.497,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64378,
    "c": 0.12198,
    "h": 95.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48C21

secondary

#5D70C4

accent

#5EE93E

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48C21

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

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