#A49937#A49937

#A49937 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.118 H 102.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49937
RGB	rgb(164, 153, 55)
HSL	hsl(54, 50%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(54, 66%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.7%, 66.5%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.47, -7.95, 51.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.47, 51.63, 98.86°)
OKLab	oklab(67.37% -0.0264 0.1152)
OKLCH	oklch(67.37% 0.118 102.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.3918, 30.9519, 8.1451)
Luminance	0.3095 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49937 #3742A4

analogous

#A46237 #A49937 #78A437

triadic

#A49937 #37A499 #9937A4

tetradic

#A49937 #37A462 #3742A4 #A43778

square

#A49937 #37A462 #3742A4 #A43778

split-complementary

#A49937 #3778A4 #6237A4

monochromatic

#484318 #766E28 #A49937 #C5BA53 #D5CC81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#A49937 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.19

#A49937 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49937

7.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49937	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49937	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)

#A7942A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA993D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B08F85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49937;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 153, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.118 102.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b673',
    500: '#a49937',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49937;
$custom-light: #c2b673;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49937",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.945,
    "s": 49.772,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67371,
    "c": 0.1182,
    "h": 102.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49937

secondary

#7980BE

accent

#5DD94F

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49937

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

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