#A49239#A49239

#A49239 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.110 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49239
RGB	rgb(164, 146, 57)
HSL	hsl(50, 48%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(50, 65%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 65.2%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.56, -4.05, 48.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.56, 48.29, 94.82°)
OKLab	oklab(65.86% -0.015 0.1094)
OKLCH	oklch(65.86% 0.11 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.3284, 28.7469, 8.0320)
Luminance	0.2875 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49239 #394BA4

analogous

#A45D39 #A49239 #80A439

triadic

#A49239 #39A492 #9239A4

tetradic

#A49239 #39A45D #394BA4 #A43980

square

#A49239 #39A45D #394BA4 #A43980

split-complementary

#A49239 #3980A4 #5D39A4

monochromatic

#494119 #776A29 #A49239 #C4B256 #D4C683

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#A49239 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.75

#A49239 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A49239

6.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49239	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49239	1.00	3.11	6.75	6.75
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A08E2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5953E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0887F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49239;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 146, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.110 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b174',
    500: '#a49239',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49239;
$custom-light: #c2b174;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49239",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.907,
    "s": 48.416,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65862,
    "c": 0.11042,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49239

secondary

#7B86BE

accent

#67D850

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F5ED

border

#D1CFC8

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49239

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

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