#A49533#A49533

#A49533 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.118 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49533
RGB	rgb(164, 149, 51)
HSL	hsl(52, 53%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(52, 69%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 68.9%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.33, -6.04, 51.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.33, 51.90, 96.69°)
OKLab	oklab(66.46% -0.0214 0.1157)
OKLCH	oklch(66.46% 0.118 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.6560, 29.6276, 7.4459)
Luminance	0.2963 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49533 #3342A4

analogous

#A45C33 #A49533 #7BA433

triadic

#A49533 #33A495 #9533A4

tetradic

#A49533 #33A45C #3342A4 #A4337B

square

#A49533 #33A45C #3342A4 #A4337B

split-complementary

#A49533 #337BA4 #5C33A4

monochromatic

#474016 #756B24 #A49533 #C8B74D #D6CA7B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#A49533 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.93

#A49533 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A49533

6.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49533	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49533	1.00	3.03	6.93	6.93
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39125

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79739

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B18A81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49533;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 149, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.118 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b370',
    500: '#a49533',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49533;
$custom-light: #c2b370;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49533",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.035,
    "s": 52.558,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6646,
    "c": 0.11761,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49533

secondary

#747EBF

accent

#5FDC4C

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49533

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

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