#A49838#A49838

#A49838 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.116 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49838
RGB	rgb(164, 152, 56)
HSL	hsl(53, 49%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(53, 66%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 65.9%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.20, -7.36, 50.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.20, 50.84, 98.32°)
OKLab	oklab(67.16% -0.0245 0.1139)
OKLCH	oklch(67.16% 0.116 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.2530, 30.6356, 8.2183)
Luminance	0.3064 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49838 #3844A4

analogous

#A46238 #A49838 #7AA438

triadic

#A49838 #38A498 #9838A4

tetradic

#A49838 #38A462 #3844A4 #A4387A

square

#A49838 #38A462 #3844A4 #A4387A

split-complementary

#A49838 #387AA4 #6238A4

monochromatic

#494319 #766E28 #A49838 #C5B854 #D4CB82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#A49838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.13

#A49838 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49838

7.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49838	1.00	2.95	7.13	7.13
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6932C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9993D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B08E84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 152, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.116 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b673',
    500: '#a49838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49838;
$custom-light: #c2b673;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 49.091,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67161,
    "c": 0.11649,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49838

secondary

#7A81BE

accent

#5ED94F

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49838

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

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