#A48D21#A48D21

#A48D21 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.123 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48D21
RGB	rgb(164, 141, 33)
HSL	hsl(49, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(49, 80%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14%, 79.9%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.02, -2.55, 56.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.02, 56.21, 92.60°)
OKLab	oklab(64.59% -0.0134 0.1219)
OKLCH	oklch(64.59% 0.123 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.1106, 27.0535, 5.3378)
Luminance	0.2705 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48D21 #2138A4

analogous

#A44C21 #A48D21 #79A421

triadic

#A48D21 #21A48D #8D21A4

tetradic

#A48D21 #21A44C #2138A4 #A42179

square

#A48D21 #21A44C #2138A4 #A42179

split-complementary

#A48D21 #2179A4 #4C21A4

monochromatic

#3E350C #716117 #A48D21 #D5B72D #DFC960

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#A48D21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.41

#A48D21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48D21

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48D21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48D21	1.00	3.28	6.41	6.41
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8A06

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29129

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B28179

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48d21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 141, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.123 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3ad66',
    500: '#a48d21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48d21;
$custom-light: #c3ad66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48d21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.466,
    "s": 66.497,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64594,
    "c": 0.12267,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48D21

secondary

#5D6FC4

accent

#5CE93E

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48D21

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

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