#A49531#A49531

#A49531 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.119 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49531
RGB	rgb(164, 149, 49)
HSL	hsl(52, 54%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(52, 70%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 70.1%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.32, -6.16, 52.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.32, 52.72, 96.71°)
OKLab	oklab(66.44% -0.0219 0.117)
OKLCH	oklch(66.44% 0.119 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.6128, 29.6103, 7.2187)
Luminance	0.2961 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49531 #3140A4

analogous

#A45C31 #A49531 #7AA431

triadic

#A49531 #31A495 #9531A4

tetradic

#A49531 #31A45C #3140A4 #A4317A

square

#A49531 #31A45C #3140A4 #A4317A

split-complementary

#A49531 #317AA4 #5C31A4

monochromatic

#463F15 #756A23 #A49531 #C9B849 #D7CB79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#A49531 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.92

#A49531 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A49531

6.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49531	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49531	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)

#A39123

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79737

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B18A81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49531;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 149, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.119 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b36f',
    500: '#a49531',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49531;
$custom-light: #c2b36f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49531",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.174,
    "s": 53.991,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66443,
    "c": 0.11906,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49531

secondary

#727CBF

accent

#5EDD4A

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49531

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

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