#A49431#A49431

#A49431 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.118 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49431
RGB	rgb(164, 148, 49)
HSL	hsl(52, 54%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(52, 70%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 70.1%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.04, -5.62, 52.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.04, 52.38, 96.15°)
OKLab	oklab(66.22% -0.0204 0.1164)
OKLCH	oklch(66.22% 0.118 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.4553, 29.2953, 7.1662)
Luminance	0.2929 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49431 #3141A4

analogous

#A45B31 #A49431 #7BA431

triadic

#A49431 #31A494 #9431A4

tetradic

#A49431 #31A45B #3141A4 #A4317B

square

#A49431 #31A45B #3141A4 #A4317B

split-complementary

#A49431 #317BA4 #5B31A4

monochromatic

#463F15 #756923 #A49431 #C9B749 #D7CA79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#A49431 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.86

#A49431 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A49431

6.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49431	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49431	1.00	3.06	6.86	6.86
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29023

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79637

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B18980

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49431;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 148, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.118 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b36f',
    500: '#a49431',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49431;
$custom-light: #c2b36f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49431",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.652,
    "s": 53.991,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66224,
    "c": 0.1182,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49431

secondary

#727CBF

accent

#5FDD4A

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F5EC

border

#D1CFC7

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49431

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

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