#A48C23#A48C23

#A48C23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.121 H 95.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#A48C23
RGBrgb(164, 140, 35)
HSLhsl(49, 65%, 39%)
HSVhsv(49, 79%, 64%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 14.6%, 78.7%, 35.7%)
CIE-LABlab(58.76, -1.92, 55.23)
CIE-LCHlch(58.76, 55.27, 91.99°)
OKLaboklab(64.39% -0.0114 0.1204)
OKLCHoklch(64.39% 0.121 95.4)
XYZxyz(24.9927, 26.7714, 5.4408)
Luminance0.2677 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#A48C23 #233BA4
analogous
#A44C23 #A48C23 #7CA423
triadic
#A48C23 #23A48C #8C23A4
tetradic
#A48C23 #23A44C #233BA4 #A4237C
square
#A48C23 #23A44C #233BA4 #A4237C
split-complementary
#A48C23 #237CA4 #4C23A4
monochromatic
#3F360D #726118 #A48C23 #D3B531 #DEC764

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31
#A48C23 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.35
#A48C23 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48C23
6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##A48C23#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##A48C231.003.316.356.35
#FFFFFF3.311.0021.0021.00
#0000006.3521.001.001.00
##0000006.3521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#9B890C
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A1912A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B28078
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #a48c23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 140, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.121 95.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3ad67',
    500: '#a48c23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #a48c23;
$custom-light: #c3ad67;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#a48c23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.837,
    "s": 64.824,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6439,
    "c": 0.12093,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#A48C23
secondary
#6072C3
accent
#5FE840
background
#FCFAF6
surface
#F8F4EB
border
#D1CEC6
text
#131006
muted
#827F7A

Preview Lab

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#A48C23 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva