#A49530#A49530

#A49530 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.120 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49530
RGB	rgb(164, 149, 48)
HSL	hsl(52, 55%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(52, 71%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 70.7%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.31, -6.21, 52.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.31, 53.12, 96.71°)
OKLab	oklab(66.44% -0.0222 0.1177)
OKLCH	oklch(66.44% 0.12 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.5920, 29.6020, 7.1088)
Luminance	0.2960 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49530 #303FA4

analogous

#A45B30 #A49530 #79A430

triadic

#A49530 #30A495 #9530A4

tetradic

#A49530 #30A45B #303FA4 #A43079

square

#A49530 #30A45B #303FA4 #A43079

split-complementary

#A49530 #3079A4 #5B30A4

monochromatic

#453F14 #756A22 #A49530 #C9B948 #D7CB77

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#A49530 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.92

#A49530 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A49530

6.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49530	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49530	1.00	3.03	6.92	6.92
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39121

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79736

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B18A81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49530;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 149, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.120 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b36f',
    500: '#a49530',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49530;
$custom-light: #c2b36f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49530",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.241,
    "s": 54.717,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66435,
    "c": 0.11977,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49530

secondary

#707BBF

accent

#5DDE4A

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49530

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

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