#A48D23#A48D23

#A48D23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.122 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48D23
RGB	rgb(164, 141, 35)
HSL	hsl(49, 65%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(49, 79%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14%, 78.7%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.03, -2.47, 55.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.03, 55.54, 92.55°)
OKLab	oklab(64.61% -0.013 0.1209)
OKLCH	oklch(64.61% 0.122 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.1394, 27.0650, 5.4897)
Luminance	0.2706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48D23 #233AA4

analogous

#A44D23 #A48D23 #7BA423

triadic

#A48D23 #23A48D #8D23A4

tetradic

#A48D23 #23A44D #233AA4 #A4237B

square

#A48D23 #23A44D #233AA4 #A4237B

split-complementary

#A48D23 #237BA4 #4D23A4

monochromatic

#3F360D #726218 #A48D23 #D3B631 #DEC864

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#A48D23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.41

#A48D23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48D23

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48D23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48D23	1.00	3.27	6.41	6.41
#FFFFFF	3.27	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)

#9C8A0B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2912A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B28179

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48d23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 141, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.122 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3ae67',
    500: '#a48d23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48d23;
$custom-light: #c3ae67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48d23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.302,
    "s": 64.824,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64606,
    "c": 0.12161,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48D23

secondary

#6071C3

accent

#5EE840

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48D23

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

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