#A49938#A49938

#A49938 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.117 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49938
RGB	rgb(164, 153, 56)
HSL	hsl(54, 49%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(54, 66%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.7%, 65.9%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.48, -7.89, 50.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.48, 51.21, 98.87°)
OKLab	oklab(67.38% -0.0261 0.1145)
OKLCH	oklch(67.38% 0.117 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.4160, 30.9616, 8.2727)
Luminance	0.3096 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49938 #3843A4

analogous

#A46338 #A49938 #79A438

triadic

#A49938 #38A499 #9938A4

tetradic

#A49938 #38A463 #3843A4 #A43879

square

#A49938 #38A463 #3843A4 #A43879

split-complementary

#A49938 #3879A4 #6338A4

monochromatic

#494419 #766E28 #A49938 #C5B954 #D4CC82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#A49938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.19

#A49938 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49938

7.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49938	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)

#A6942C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA993E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B08F85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 153, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.117 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b674',
    500: '#a49938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49938;
$custom-light: #c2b674;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.889,
    "s": 49.091,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6738,
    "c": 0.11741,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49938

secondary

#7A81BE

accent

#5DD94F

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49938

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

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