#A49A32#A49A32

#A49A32 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.123 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49A32
RGB	rgb(164, 154, 50)
HSL	hsl(55, 53%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(55, 70%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 69.5%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.71, -8.78, 53.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.71, 54.07, 99.34°)
OKLab	oklab(67.55% -0.0293 0.1193)
OKLCH	oklch(67.55% 0.123 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.4423, 31.2351, 7.6004)
Luminance	0.3123 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49A32 #323CA4

analogous

#A46132 #A49A32 #75A432

triadic

#A49A32 #32A49A #9A32A4

tetradic

#A49A32 #32A461 #323CA4 #A43275

square

#A49A32 #32A461 #323CA4 #A43275

split-complementary

#A49A32 #3275A4 #6132A4

monochromatic

#464215 #756E24 #A49A32 #C8BD4B #D6CE7A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#A49A32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.25

#A49A32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49A32

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49A32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49A32	1.00	2.90	7.25	7.25
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89523

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9A39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B08F85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49a32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 154, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.123 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b770',
    500: '#a49a32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49a32;
$custom-light: #c2b770;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49a32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.737,
    "s": 53.271,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67549,
    "c": 0.12283,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49A32

secondary

#737ABF

accent

#58DD4B

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49A32

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

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