#A49A38#A49A38

#A49A38 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.118 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49A38
RGB	rgb(164, 154, 56)
HSL	hsl(54, 49%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(54, 66%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 65.9%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.75, -8.43, 50.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.75, 51.58, 99.40°)
OKLab	oklab(67.6% -0.0276 0.1151)
OKLCH	oklch(67.6% 0.118 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.5803, 31.2903, 8.3275)
Luminance	0.3129 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49A38 #3842A4

analogous

#A46438 #A49A38 #78A438

triadic

#A49A38 #38A49A #9A38A4

tetradic

#A49A38 #38A464 #3842A4 #A43878

square

#A49A38 #38A464 #3842A4 #A43878

split-complementary

#A49A38 #3878A4 #6438A4

monochromatic

#494419 #766F28 #A49A38 #C5BA54 #D4CD82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#A49A38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.26

#A49A38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49A38

7.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49A38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49A38	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)

#A7952B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9A3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B09086

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49a38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 154, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.118 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b774',
    500: '#a49a38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49a38;
$custom-light: #c2b774;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49a38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.444,
    "s": 49.091,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.676,
    "c": 0.11836,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49A38

secondary

#7A80BE

accent

#5CD94F

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49A38

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

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