#A49936#A49936

#A49936 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.119 H 102.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49936
RGB	rgb(164, 153, 54)
HSL	hsl(54, 50%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(54, 67%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.7%, 67.1%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.46, -8.01, 51.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.46, 52.06, 98.86°)
OKLab	oklab(67.36% -0.0266 0.1159)
OKLCH	oklch(67.36% 0.119 102.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.3680, 30.9424, 8.0202)
Luminance	0.3094 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49936 #3641A4

analogous

#A46236 #A49936 #78A436

triadic

#A49936 #36A499 #9936A4

tetradic

#A49936 #36A462 #3641A4 #A43678

square

#A49936 #36A462 #3641A4 #A43678

split-complementary

#A49936 #3678A4 #6236A4

monochromatic

#484318 #766E27 #A49936 #C6BA51 #D5CC7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#A49936 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.19

#A49936 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49936

7.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49936	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49936	1.00	2.92	7.19	7.19
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79429

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA993C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B08F85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49936;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 153, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.119 102.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b672',
    500: '#a49936',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49936;
$custom-light: #c2b672;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49936",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54,
    "s": 50.459,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67362,
    "c": 0.11896,
    "h": 102.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30941
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49936

secondary

#787FBE

accent

#5CDA4E

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49936

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

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