#A49235#A49235

#A49235 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.114 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49235
RGB	rgb(164, 146, 53)
HSL	hsl(50, 51%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(50, 68%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 67.7%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.52, -4.30, 49.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.52, 50.04, 94.93°)
OKLab	oklab(65.82% -0.0162 0.1124)
OKLCH	oklch(65.82% 0.114 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.2325, 28.7086, 7.5270)
Luminance	0.2871 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49235 #3547A4

analogous

#A45A35 #A49235 #7FA435

triadic

#A49235 #35A492 #9235A4

tetradic

#A49235 #35A45A #3547A4 #A4357F

square

#A49235 #35A45A #3547A4 #A4357F

split-complementary

#A49235 #357FA4 #5A35A4

monochromatic

#474017 #766926 #A49235 #C6B350 #D5C77E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#A49235 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.74

#A49235 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A49235

6.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49235	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49235	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)

#A08E29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5953A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1877F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49235;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 146, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.114 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b171',
    500: '#a49235',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49235;
$custom-light: #c2b171;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49235",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.27,
    "s": 51.152,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65824,
    "c": 0.11359,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28707
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49235

secondary

#7682BE

accent

#64DB4D

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F5ED

border

#D1CFC8

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49235

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

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