#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
RGB	rgb(164, 140, 35)
HSL	hsl(49, 65%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(49, 79%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.6%, 78.7%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.76, -1.92, 55.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.76, 55.27, 91.99°)
OKLab	oklab(64.39% -0.0114 0.1204)
OKLCH	oklch(64.39% 0.121 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.9927, 26.7714, 5.4408)
Luminance	0.2677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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
##A48C23	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)

#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

Preview with #A48C23

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

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