#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
RGBrgb(164, 141, 35)
HSLhsl(49, 65%, 39%)
HSVhsv(49, 79%, 64%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 14%, 78.7%, 35.7%)
CIE-LABlab(59.03, -2.47, 55.48)
CIE-LCHlch(59.03, 55.54, 92.55°)
OKLaboklab(64.61% -0.013 0.1209)
OKLCHoklch(64.61% 0.122 96.1)
XYZxyz(25.1394, 27.0650, 5.4897)
Luminance0.2706 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##A48D231.003.276.416.41
#FFFFFF3.271.0021.0021.00
#0000006.4121.001.001.00
##0000006.4121.001.001.00

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

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#A48D23 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva