#A49234#A49234

#A49234 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.114 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49234
RGB	rgb(164, 146, 52)
HSL	hsl(50, 52%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(50, 68%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 68.3%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.52, -4.36, 50.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.52, 50.47, 94.96°)
OKLab	oklab(65.82% -0.0165 0.1132)
OKLCH	oklch(65.82% 0.114 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.2098, 28.6995, 7.4071)
Luminance	0.2870 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49234 #3446A4

analogous

#A45A34 #A49234 #7EA434

triadic

#A49234 #34A492 #9234A4

tetradic

#A49234 #34A45A #3446A4 #A4347E

square

#A49234 #34A45A #3446A4 #A4347E

split-complementary

#A49234 #347EA4 #5A34A4

monochromatic

#473F17 #766925 #A49234 #C7B44E #D6C77D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#A49234 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.74

#A49234 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A49234

6.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49234	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49234	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)

#A08E28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59539

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1877F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49234;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 146, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.114 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b171',
    500: '#a49234',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49234;
$custom-light: #c2b171;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49234",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.357,
    "s": 51.852,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65815,
    "c": 0.11435,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28698
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49234

secondary

#7581BF

accent

#63DB4C

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F5ED

border

#D1CFC8

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49234

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

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