#A49B34#A49B34

#A49B34 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.122 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49B34
RGB	rgb(164, 155, 52)
HSL	hsl(55, 52%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(55, 68%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 68.3%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.00, -9.20, 52.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.00, 53.62, 99.88°)
OKLab	oklab(67.79% -0.0302 0.1185)
OKLCH	oklch(67.79% 0.122 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.6521, 31.5842, 7.8879)
Luminance	0.3158 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49B34 #343DA4

analogous

#A46334 #A49B34 #75A434

triadic

#A49B34 #34A49B #9B34A4

tetradic

#A49B34 #34A463 #343DA4 #A43475

square

#A49B34 #34A463 #343DA4 #A43475

split-complementary

#A49B34 #3475A4 #6334A4

monochromatic

#474317 #766F25 #A49B34 #C7BD4E #D6CF7D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#A49B34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.32

#A49B34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49B34

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49B34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49B34	1.00	2.87	7.32	7.32
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99625

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9B3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B09186

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49b34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 155, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.122 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b871',
    500: '#a49b34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49b34;
$custom-light: #c2b871;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49b34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.179,
    "s": 51.852,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67786,
    "c": 0.12233,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49B34

secondary

#757BBF

accent

#58DB4C

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49B34

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

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