#A48C24#A48C24

#A48C24 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.120 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48C24
RGB	rgb(164, 140, 36)
HSL	hsl(49, 64%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(49, 78%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.6%, 78%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.77, -1.88, 54.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.77, 54.92, 91.96°)
OKLab	oklab(64.4% -0.0112 0.1199)
OKLCH	oklch(64.4% 0.12 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.0077, 26.7775, 5.5201)
Luminance	0.2678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48C24 #243CA4

analogous

#A44C24 #A48C24 #7CA424

triadic

#A48C24 #24A48C #8C24A4

tetradic

#A48C24 #24A44C #243CA4 #A4247C

square

#A48C24 #24A44C #243CA4 #A4247C

split-complementary

#A48C24 #247CA4 #4C24A4

monochromatic

#40360E #726119 #A48C24 #D2B433 #DDC765

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#A48C24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.36

#A48C24 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48C24

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48C24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48C24	1.00	3.30	6.36	6.36
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B890E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1912B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B28078

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48c24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 140, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.120 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3ad67',
    500: '#a48c24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48c24;
$custom-light: #c3ad67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48c24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.75,
    "s": 64,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64396,
    "c": 0.12037,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48C24

secondary

#6173C3

accent

#60E741

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48C24

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

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