#A49A37#A49A37

#A49A37 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.119 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49A37
RGB	rgb(164, 154, 55)
HSL	hsl(54, 50%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(54, 66%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 66.5%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.74, -8.49, 51.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.74, 52.00, 99.39°)
OKLab	oklab(67.59% -0.0279 0.1158)
OKLCH	oklch(67.59% 0.119 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.5561, 31.2806, 8.1999)
Luminance	0.3128 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49A37 #3741A4

analogous

#A46337 #A49A37 #78A437

triadic

#A49A37 #37A49A #9A37A4

tetradic

#A49A37 #37A463 #3741A4 #A43778

square

#A49A37 #37A463 #3741A4 #A43778

split-complementary

#A49A37 #3778A4 #6337A4

monochromatic

#484418 #766F28 #A49A37 #C5BB53 #D5CD81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#A49A37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.26

#A49A37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49A37

7.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49A37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49A37	1.00	2.89	7.26	7.26
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7952A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9A3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B09086

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49a37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 154, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.119 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b773',
    500: '#a49a37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49a37;
$custom-light: #c2b773;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49a37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.495,
    "s": 49.772,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67591,
    "c": 0.11914,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49A37

secondary

#797FBE

accent

#5BD94F

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49A37

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

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