#A49030#A49030

#A49030 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.116 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49030
RGB	rgb(164, 144, 48)
HSL	hsl(50, 55%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(50, 71%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 70.7%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.94, -3.50, 51.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.94, 51.50, 93.90°)
OKLab	oklab(65.35% -0.0145 0.1148)
OKLCH	oklch(65.35% 0.116 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.8178, 28.0537, 6.8507)
Luminance	0.2805 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49030 #3044A4

analogous

#A45630 #A49030 #7EA430

triadic

#A49030 #30A490 #9030A4

tetradic

#A49030 #30A456 #3044A4 #A4307E

square

#A49030 #30A456 #3044A4 #A4307E

split-complementary

#A49030 #307EA4 #5630A4

monochromatic

#453D14 #756622 #A49030 #C9B348 #D7C777

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#A49030 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.61

#A49030 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A49030

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49030	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49030	1.00	3.18	6.61	6.61
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8D22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49335

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1857D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49030;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 144, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.116 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b06e',
    500: '#a49030',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49030;
$custom-light: #c2b06e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49030",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.655,
    "s": 54.717,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65347,
    "c": 0.11568,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49030

secondary

#707EBF

accent

#63DE4A

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49030

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

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