#A49039#A49039

#A49039 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.109 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49039
RGB	rgb(164, 144, 57)
HSL	hsl(49, 48%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(49, 65%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 65.2%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.01, -2.96, 47.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.01, 47.62, 93.57°)
OKLab	oklab(65.43% -0.0119 0.1082)
OKLCH	oklch(65.43% 0.109 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.0228, 28.1357, 7.9301)
Luminance	0.2813 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49039 #394DA4

analogous

#A45A39 #A49039 #82A439

triadic

#A49039 #39A490 #9039A4

tetradic

#A49039 #39A45A #394DA4 #A43982

square

#A49039 #39A45A #394DA4 #A43982

split-complementary

#A49039 #3982A4 #5A39A4

monochromatic

#494019 #776829 #A49039 #C4B056 #D4C583

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#A49039 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.63

#A49039 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A49039

6.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49039	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49039	1.00	3.17	6.63	6.63
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8D2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3933D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1867E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49039;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 144, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.109 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b073',
    500: '#a49039',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49039;
$custom-light: #c2b073;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49039",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.785,
    "s": 48.416,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65429,
    "c": 0.10881,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49039

secondary

#7B87BE

accent

#69D850

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49039

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

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