#A49B35#A49B35

#A49B35 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	#A49B35
RGB	rgb(164, 155, 53)
HSL	hsl(55, 51%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(55, 68%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 67.7%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.01, -9.14, 52.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.01, 53.21, 99.89°)
OKLab	oklab(67.79% -0.0299 0.1179)
OKLCH	oklch(67.79% 0.122 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.6749, 31.5933, 8.0078)
Luminance	0.3159 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49B35 #353EA4

analogous

#A46335 #A49B35 #76A435

triadic

#A49B35 #35A49B #9B35A4

tetradic

#A49B35 #35A463 #353EA4 #A43576

square

#A49B35 #35A463 #353EA4 #A43576

split-complementary

#A49B35 #3576A4 #6335A4

monochromatic

#474417 #766F26 #A49B35 #C6BD50 #D5CE7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#A49B35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.32

#A49B35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49B35

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49B35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49B35	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)

#A99627

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9B3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B09186

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49b35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 155, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.122 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b872',
    500: '#a49b35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49b35;
$custom-light: #c2b872;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49b35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.135,
    "s": 51.152,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67794,
    "c": 0.1216,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49B35

secondary

#767CBE

accent

#59DB4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49B35

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

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