#A49331#A49331

#A49331 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.117 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49331
RGB	rgb(164, 147, 49)
HSL	hsl(51, 54%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(51, 70%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 70.1%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.77, -5.08, 51.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.77, 52.05, 95.60°)
OKLab	oklab(66.01% -0.0189 0.1159)
OKLCH	oklch(66.01% 0.117 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.2991, 28.9829, 7.1141)
Luminance	0.2898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49331 #3142A4

analogous

#A45931 #A49331 #7CA431

triadic

#A49331 #31A493 #9331A4

tetradic

#A49331 #31A459 #3142A4 #A4317C

square

#A49331 #31A459 #3142A4 #A4317C

split-complementary

#A49331 #317CA4 #5931A4

monochromatic

#463F15 #756923 #A49331 #C9B649 #D7C979

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#A49331 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.80

#A49331 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A49331

6.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49331	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49331	1.00	3.09	6.80	6.80
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A18F23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69537

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1887F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49331;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 147, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.117 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b26f',
    500: '#a49331',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49331;
$custom-light: #c2b26f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49331",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 147,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.13,
    "s": 53.991,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66007,
    "c": 0.11738,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49331

secondary

#727DBF

accent

#60DD4A

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F5EC

border

#D1CFC7

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49331

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

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