#A49B31#A49B31

#A49B31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.124 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49B31
RGB	rgb(164, 155, 49)
HSL	hsl(55, 54%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(55, 70%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 70.1%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.98, -9.37, 54.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.98, 54.83, 99.84°)
OKLab	oklab(67.76% -0.031 0.1205)
OKLCH	oklch(67.76% 0.124 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.5867, 31.5580, 7.5433)
Luminance	0.3156 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49B31 #313AA4

analogous

#A46131 #A49B31 #74A431

triadic

#A49B31 #31A49B #9B31A4

tetradic

#A49B31 #31A461 #313AA4 #A43174

square

#A49B31 #31A461 #313AA4 #A43174

split-complementary

#A49B31 #3174A4 #6131A4

monochromatic

#464215 #756E23 #A49B31 #C9BF49 #D7CF79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#A49B31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.31

#A49B31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49B31

7.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49B31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49B31	1.00	2.87	7.31	7.31
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99621

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9B38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B09086

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49b31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 155, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.124 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b870',
    500: '#a49b31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49b31;
$custom-light: #c2b870;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49b31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.304,
    "s": 53.991,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67761,
    "c": 0.12447,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49B31

secondary

#7278BF

accent

#56DD4A

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49B31

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

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