#A49230#A49230

#A49230 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.117 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49230
RGB	rgb(164, 146, 48)
HSL	hsl(51, 55%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(51, 71%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 70.7%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.48, -4.59, 51.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.48, 52.13, 95.05°)
OKLab	oklab(65.78% -0.0176 0.1159)
OKLCH	oklch(65.78% 0.117 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.1234, 28.6649, 6.9526)
Luminance	0.2866 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49230 #3042A4

analogous

#A45830 #A49230 #7CA430

triadic

#A49230 #30A492 #9230A4

tetradic

#A49230 #30A458 #3042A4 #A4307C

square

#A49230 #30A458 #3042A4 #A4307C

split-complementary

#A49230 #307CA4 #5830A4

monochromatic

#453E14 #756822 #A49230 #C9B548 #D7C877

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#A49230 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.73

#A49230 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A49230

6.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49230	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49230	1.00	3.12	6.73	6.73
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A08E22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59536

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1877E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49230;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 146, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.117 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b16e',
    500: '#a49230',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49230;
$custom-light: #c2b16e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49230",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.69,
    "s": 54.717,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65781,
    "c": 0.11727,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49230

secondary

#707DBF

accent

#61DE4A

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F5EC

border

#D1CFC7

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49230

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

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