#A49532#A49532

#A49532 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.118 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49532
RGB	rgb(164, 149, 50)
HSL	hsl(52, 53%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(52, 70%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 69.5%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.32, -6.10, 51.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.32, 52.31, 96.70°)
OKLab	oklab(66.45% -0.0217 0.1163)
OKLCH	oklch(66.45% 0.118 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.6342, 29.6189, 7.3311)
Luminance	0.2962 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49532 #3241A4

analogous

#A45C32 #A49532 #7AA432

triadic

#A49532 #32A495 #9532A4

tetradic

#A49532 #32A45C #3241A4 #A4327A

square

#A49532 #32A45C #3241A4 #A4327A

split-complementary

#A49532 #327AA4 #5C32A4

monochromatic

#464015 #756A24 #A49532 #C8B84B #D6CA7A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#A49532 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.92

#A49532 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A49532

6.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49532	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49532	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)

#A39124

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79738

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B18A81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49532;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 149, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.118 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b370',
    500: '#a49532',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49532;
$custom-light: #c2b370;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49532",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.105,
    "s": 53.271,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66451,
    "c": 0.11834,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29618
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49532

secondary

#737DBF

accent

#5EDD4B

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49532

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

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