#A49033#A49033

#A49033 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.114 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49033
RGB	rgb(164, 144, 51)
HSL	hsl(49, 53%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(49, 69%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 68.9%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.96, -3.33, 50.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.96, 50.25, 93.80°)
OKLab	oklab(65.37% -0.0137 0.1127)
OKLCH	oklch(65.37% 0.114 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.8819, 28.0793, 7.1879)
Luminance	0.2808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49033 #3347A4

analogous

#A45833 #A49033 #7FA433

triadic

#A49033 #33A490 #9033A4

tetradic

#A49033 #33A458 #3347A4 #A4337F

square

#A49033 #33A458 #3347A4 #A4337F

split-complementary

#A49033 #337FA4 #5833A4

monochromatic

#473E16 #756724 #A49033 #C8B24D #D6C67B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#A49033 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.62

#A49033 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A49033

6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49033	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49033	1.00	3.17	6.62	6.62
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8D27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49338

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1857D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49033;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 144, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.114 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b070',
    500: '#a49033',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49033;
$custom-light: #c2b070;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49033",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.381,
    "s": 52.558,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65373,
    "c": 0.1135,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49033

secondary

#7481BF

accent

#65DC4C

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49033

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

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