#A48E23#A48E23

#A48E23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.122 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48E23
RGB	rgb(164, 142, 35)
HSL	hsl(50, 65%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(50, 79%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 78.7%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.31, -3.02, 55.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.31, 55.81, 93.10°)
OKLab	oklab(64.82% -0.0145 0.1215)
OKLCH	oklch(64.82% 0.122 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.2876, 27.3612, 5.5391)
Luminance	0.2736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48E23 #2339A4

analogous

#A44D23 #A48E23 #7AA423

triadic

#A48E23 #23A48E #8E23A4

tetradic

#A48E23 #23A44D #2339A4 #A4237A

square

#A48E23 #23A44D #2339A4 #A4237A

split-complementary

#A48E23 #237AA4 #4D23A4

monochromatic

#3F370D #726218 #A48E23 #D3B731 #DEC964

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#A48E23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#A48E23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48E23

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48E23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48E23	1.00	3.24	6.47	6.47
#FFFFFF	3.24	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)

#9D8B0B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3922A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1837A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48e23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 142, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.122 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3ae67',
    500: '#a48e23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48e23;
$custom-light: #c3ae67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48e23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.767,
    "s": 64.824,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64821,
    "c": 0.12231,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48E23

secondary

#6071C3

accent

#5DE840

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48E23

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

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