#A49537#A49537

#A49537 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.115 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49537
RGB	rgb(164, 149, 55)
HSL	hsl(52, 50%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(52, 66%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 66.5%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.36, -5.81, 49.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.36, 50.20, 96.64°)
OKLab	oklab(66.5% -0.0202 0.1128)
OKLCH	oklch(66.5% 0.115 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.7480, 29.6644, 7.9306)
Luminance	0.2966 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49537 #3746A4

analogous

#A45E37 #A49537 #7CA437

triadic

#A49537 #37A495 #9537A4

tetradic

#A49537 #37A45E #3746A4 #A4377C

square

#A49537 #37A45E #3746A4 #A4377C

split-complementary

#A49537 #377CA4 #5E37A4

monochromatic

#484218 #766B28 #A49537 #C5B653 #D5C981

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#A49537 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.93

#A49537 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A49537

6.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49537	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49537	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)

#A3912B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7973C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B08B81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49537;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 149, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.115 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b373',
    500: '#a49537',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49537;
$custom-light: #c2b373;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49537",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.743,
    "s": 49.772,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66495,
    "c": 0.11457,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49537

secondary

#7982BE

accent

#62D94F

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49537

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

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