#A49437#A49437

#A49437 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.114 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49437
RGB	rgb(164, 148, 55)
HSL	hsl(51, 50%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(51, 66%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 66.5%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.09, -5.27, 49.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.09, 49.85, 96.06°)
OKLab	oklab(66.28% -0.0187 0.1122)
OKLCH	oklch(66.28% 0.114 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.5905, 29.3494, 7.8781)
Luminance	0.2935 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49437 #3747A4

analogous

#A45E37 #A49437 #7DA437

triadic

#A49437 #37A494 #9437A4

tetradic

#A49437 #37A45E #3747A4 #A4377D

square

#A49437 #37A45E #3747A4 #A4377D

split-complementary

#A49437 #377DA4 #5E37A4

monochromatic

#484118 #766B28 #A49437 #C5B453 #D5C881

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#A49437 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.87

#A49437 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A49437

6.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49437	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49437	1.00	3.06	6.87	6.87
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2902B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6963C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B08A81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49437;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 148, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.114 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b373',
    500: '#a49437',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49437;
$custom-light: #c2b373;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49437",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.193,
    "s": 49.772,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66277,
    "c": 0.11371,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49437

secondary

#7983BE

accent

#63D94F

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F5ED

border

#D1CFC8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49437

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

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