#A49535#A49535

#A49535 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.116 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49535
RGB	rgb(164, 149, 53)
HSL	hsl(52, 51%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(52, 68%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 67.7%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.35, -5.93, 50.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.35, 51.06, 96.67°)
OKLab	oklab(66.48% -0.0208 0.1142)
OKLCH	oklch(66.48% 0.116 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.7010, 29.6456, 7.6832)
Luminance	0.2964 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49535 #3544A4

analogous

#A45E35 #A49535 #7BA435

triadic

#A49535 #35A495 #9535A4

tetradic

#A49535 #35A45E #3544A4 #A4357B

square

#A49535 #35A45E #3544A4 #A4357B

split-complementary

#A49535 #357BA4 #5E35A4

monochromatic

#474117 #766B26 #A49535 #C6B650 #D5CA7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#A49535 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.93

#A49535 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A49535

6.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49535	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49535	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)

#A39128

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7973A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B08A81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49535;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 149, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.116 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b371',
    500: '#a49535',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49535;
$custom-light: #c2b371;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49535",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.892,
    "s": 51.152,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66477,
    "c": 0.11612,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49535

secondary

#7680BE

accent

#60DB4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49535

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

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