#A49036#A49036

#A49036 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.111 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49036
RGB	rgb(164, 144, 54)
HSL	hsl(49, 50%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(49, 67%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 67.1%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.98, -3.15, 48.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.98, 48.95, 93.69°)
OKLab	oklab(65.4% -0.0128 0.1105)
OKLCH	oklch(65.4% 0.111 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.9502, 28.1067, 7.5476)
Luminance	0.2811 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49036 #364AA4

analogous

#A45936 #A49036 #81A436

triadic

#A49036 #36A490 #9036A4

tetradic

#A49036 #36A459 #364AA4 #A43681

square

#A49036 #36A459 #364AA4 #A43681

split-complementary

#A49036 #3681A4 #5936A4

monochromatic

#483F18 #766827 #A49036 #C6B151 #D5C57F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#A49036 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.62

#A49036 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A49036

6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49036	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49036	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)

#9E8D2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3933B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1857D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49036;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 144, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.111 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b072',
    500: '#a49036',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49036;
$custom-light: #c2b072;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49036",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.091,
    "s": 50.459,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.654,
    "c": 0.11121,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49036

secondary

#7884BE

accent

#67DA4E

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49036

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

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