#A49038#A49038

#A49038 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.110 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49038
RGB	rgb(164, 144, 56)
HSL	hsl(49, 49%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(49, 66%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 65.9%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.00, -3.03, 47.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.00, 48.07, 93.61°)
OKLab	oklab(65.42% -0.0122 0.1089)
OKLCH	oklch(65.42% 0.11 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.9981, 28.1258, 7.8000)
Luminance	0.2813 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49038 #384CA4

analogous

#A45A38 #A49038 #82A438

triadic

#A49038 #38A490 #9038A4

tetradic

#A49038 #38A45A #384CA4 #A43882

square

#A49038 #38A45A #384CA4 #A43882

split-complementary

#A49038 #3882A4 #5A38A4

monochromatic

#494019 #766828 #A49038 #C5B054 #D4C582

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#A49038 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.62

#A49038 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A49038

6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49038	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49038	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)

#9E8D2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3933C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1857D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49038;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 144, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.110 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b073',
    500: '#a49038',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49038;
$custom-light: #c2b073;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49038",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.889,
    "s": 49.091,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65419,
    "c": 0.10962,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49038

secondary

#7A86BE

accent

#69D94F

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49038

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

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