#A48E21#A48E21

#A48E21 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.123 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48E21
RGB	rgb(164, 142, 33)
HSL	hsl(50, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(50, 80%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 79.9%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.30, -3.09, 56.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.30, 56.48, 93.14°)
OKLab	oklab(64.81% -0.0149 0.1225)
OKLCH	oklch(64.81% 0.123 97)
XYZ	xyz(25.2587, 27.3497, 5.3871)
Luminance	0.2735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48E21 #2137A4

analogous

#A44C21 #A48E21 #78A421

triadic

#A48E21 #21A48E #8E21A4

tetradic

#A48E21 #21A44C #2137A4 #A42178

square

#A48E21 #21A44C #2137A4 #A42178

split-complementary

#A48E21 #2178A4 #4C21A4

monochromatic

#3E360C #716217 #A48E21 #D5B92D #DFCA60

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#A48E21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#A48E21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48E21

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48E21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48E21	1.00	3.25	6.47	6.47
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8B05

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39229

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2827A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48e21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 142, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.123 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3ae66',
    500: '#a48e21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48e21;
$custom-light: #c3ae66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48e21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.924,
    "s": 66.497,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6481,
    "c": 0.12338,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.27348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48E21

secondary

#5D6EC4

accent

#5BE93E

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48E21

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

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