#A49635#A49635

#A49635 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.300; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.117 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49635
RGB	rgb(164, 150, 53)
HSL	hsl(52, 51%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(52, 68%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 67.7%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.62, -6.47, 51.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.62, 51.40, 97.23°)
OKLab	oklab(66.7% -0.0224 0.1148)
OKLCH	oklch(66.7% 0.117 101)
XYZ	xyz(26.8599, 29.9634, 7.7362)
Luminance	0.2996 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49635 #3543A4

analogous

#A45E35 #A49635 #7BA435

triadic

#A49635 #35A496 #9635A4

tetradic

#A49635 #35A45E #3543A4 #A4357B

square

#A49635 #35A45E #3543A4 #A4357B

split-complementary

#A49635 #357BA4 #5E35A4

monochromatic

#474117 #766C26 #A49635 #C6B750 #D5CA7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#A49635 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.99

#A49635 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A49635

6.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49635	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49635	1.00	3.00	6.99	6.99
#FFFFFF	3.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49228

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8973B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B08B82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49635;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 150, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.117 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b472',
    500: '#a49635',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49635;
$custom-light: #c2b472;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49635",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.432,
    "s": 51.152,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66696,
    "c": 0.117,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.29962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49635

secondary

#767FBE

accent

#5FDB4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49635

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

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