#A49A36#A49A36

#A49A36 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.120 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49A36
RGB	rgb(164, 154, 54)
HSL	hsl(55, 50%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(55, 67%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 67.1%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.74, -8.55, 51.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.74, 52.42, 99.38°)
OKLab	oklab(67.58% -0.0282 0.1165)
OKLCH	oklch(67.58% 0.12 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.5324, 31.2711, 8.0750)
Luminance	0.3127 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49A36 #3640A4

analogous

#A46336 #A49A36 #77A436

triadic

#A49A36 #36A49A #9A36A4

tetradic

#A49A36 #36A463 #3640A4 #A43677

square

#A49A36 #36A463 #3640A4 #A43677

split-complementary

#A49A36 #3677A4 #6336A4

monochromatic

#484418 #766F27 #A49A36 #C6BB51 #D5CD7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#A49A36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.25

#A49A36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49A36

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49A36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49A36	1.00	2.89	7.25	7.25
#FFFFFF	2.89	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)

#A89529

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9A3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B09085

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49a36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 154, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.120 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b773',
    500: '#a49a36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49a36;
$custom-light: #c2b773;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49a36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.545,
    "s": 50.459,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67582,
    "c": 0.11989,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49A36

secondary

#787EBE

accent

#5BDA4E

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49A36

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

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