#A49232#A49232

#A49232 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.116 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49232
RGB	rgb(164, 146, 50)
HSL	hsl(51, 53%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(51, 70%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 69.5%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.50, -4.48, 51.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.50, 51.31, 95.01°)
OKLab	oklab(65.8% -0.017 0.1146)
OKLCH	oklch(65.8% 0.116 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.1657, 28.6818, 7.1749)
Luminance	0.2868 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49232 #3244A4

analogous

#A45932 #A49232 #7DA432

triadic

#A49232 #32A492 #9232A4

tetradic

#A49232 #32A459 #3244A4 #A4327D

square

#A49232 #32A459 #3244A4 #A4327D

split-complementary

#A49232 #327DA4 #5932A4

monochromatic

#463E15 #756824 #A49232 #C8B44B #D6C87A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#A49232 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.74

#A49232 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A49232

6.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49232	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49232	1.00	3.12	6.74	6.74
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A08E25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59537

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1877E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49232;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 146, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.116 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b16f',
    500: '#a49232',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49232;
$custom-light: #c2b16f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49232",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.526,
    "s": 53.271,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65797,
    "c": 0.11583,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49232

secondary

#737FBF

accent

#62DD4B

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F5EC

border

#D1CFC7

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49232

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

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