#A49231#A49231

#A49231 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.117 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49231
RGB	rgb(164, 146, 49)
HSL	hsl(51, 54%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(51, 70%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 70.1%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.49, -4.53, 51.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.49, 51.72, 95.03°)
OKLab	oklab(65.79% -0.0173 0.1153)
OKLCH	oklch(65.79% 0.117 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.1443, 28.6733, 7.0625)
Luminance	0.2867 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49231 #3143A4

analogous

#A45931 #A49231 #7DA431

triadic

#A49231 #31A492 #9231A4

tetradic

#A49231 #31A459 #3143A4 #A4317D

square

#A49231 #31A459 #3143A4 #A4317D

split-complementary

#A49231 #317DA4 #5931A4

monochromatic

#463E15 #756823 #A49231 #C9B549 #D7C879

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#A49231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.73

#A49231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A49231

6.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49231	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)

#A08E23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59537

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1877E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 146, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.117 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b16f',
    500: '#a49231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49231;
$custom-light: #c2b16f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.609,
    "s": 53.991,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65789,
    "c": 0.11655,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49231

secondary

#727EBF

accent

#61DD4A

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F5EC

border

#D1CFC7

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49231

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

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