#A49B32#A49B32

#A49B32 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	#A49B32
RGB	rgb(164, 155, 50)
HSL	hsl(55, 53%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(55, 70%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 69.5%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.98, -9.31, 53.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.98, 54.43, 99.85°)
OKLab	oklab(67.77% -0.0308 0.1199)
OKLCH	oklch(67.77% 0.124 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.6080, 31.5666, 7.6557)
Luminance	0.3156 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49B32 #323BA4

analogous

#A46232 #A49B32 #74A432

triadic

#A49B32 #32A49B #9B32A4

tetradic

#A49B32 #32A462 #323BA4 #A43274

square

#A49B32 #32A462 #323BA4 #A43274

split-complementary

#A49B32 #3274A4 #6232A4

monochromatic

#464215 #756F24 #A49B32 #C8BE4B #D6CF7A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#A49B32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.31

#A49B32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49B32

7.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49B32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49B32	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)

#A99622

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9B39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B09086

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49b32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 155, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.124 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b870',
    500: '#a49b32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49b32;
$custom-light: #c2b870;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49b32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.263,
    "s": 53.271,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67769,
    "c": 0.12377,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49B32

secondary

#7379BF

accent

#57DD4B

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49B32

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

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