#A49932#A49932

#A49932 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.122 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49932
RGB	rgb(164, 153, 50)
HSL	hsl(54, 53%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(54, 70%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.7%, 69.5%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.43, -8.25, 53.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.43, 53.71, 98.83°)
OKLab	oklab(67.33% -0.0277 0.1187)
OKLCH	oklch(67.33% 0.122 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.2779, 30.9064, 7.5457)
Luminance	0.3090 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49932 #323DA4

analogous

#A46032 #A49932 #76A432

triadic

#A49932 #32A499 #9932A4

tetradic

#A49932 #32A460 #323DA4 #A43276

square

#A49932 #32A460 #323DA4 #A43276

split-complementary

#A49932 #3276A4 #6032A4

monochromatic

#464115 #756D24 #A49932 #C8BC4B #D6CE7A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#A49932 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.18

#A49932 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49932

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49932	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49932	1.00	2.92	7.18	7.18
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79423

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9938

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B08E84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49932;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 153, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.122 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b670',
    500: '#a49932',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49932;
$custom-light: #c2b670;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49932",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.211,
    "s": 53.271,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67328,
    "c": 0.1219,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49932

secondary

#737ABF

accent

#59DD4B

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49932

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

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