#A49031#A49031

#A49031 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.115 H 97.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49031
RGB	rgb(164, 144, 49)
HSL	hsl(50, 54%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(50, 70%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 70.1%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.94, -3.45, 50.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.94, 51.09, 93.87°)
OKLab	oklab(65.35% -0.0142 0.1141)
OKLCH	oklch(65.35% 0.115 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.8387, 28.0621, 6.9607)
Luminance	0.2806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49031 #3145A4

analogous

#A45731 #A49031 #7FA431

triadic

#A49031 #31A490 #9031A4

tetradic

#A49031 #31A457 #3145A4 #A4317F

square

#A49031 #31A457 #3145A4 #A4317F

split-complementary

#A49031 #317FA4 #5731A4

monochromatic

#463D15 #756723 #A49031 #C9B349 #D7C679

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#A49031 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.61

#A49031 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A49031

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49031	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49031	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)

#9E8D24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49336

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1857D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49031;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 144, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.115 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b06f',
    500: '#a49031',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49031;
$custom-light: #c2b06f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49031",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.565,
    "s": 53.991,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65355,
    "c": 0.11497,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49031

secondary

#727FBF

accent

#64DD4A

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49031

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

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