#A49B36#A49B36

#A49B36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.121 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49B36
RGB	rgb(164, 155, 54)
HSL	hsl(55, 50%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(55, 67%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 67.1%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.01, -9.08, 52.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.01, 52.80, 99.90°)
OKLab	oklab(67.8% -0.0297 0.1172)
OKLCH	oklch(67.8% 0.121 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.6981, 31.6026, 8.1302)
Luminance	0.3160 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49B36 #363FA4

analogous

#A46436 #A49B36 #76A436

triadic

#A49B36 #36A49B #9B36A4

tetradic

#A49B36 #36A464 #363FA4 #A43676

square

#A49B36 #36A464 #363FA4 #A43676

split-complementary

#A49B36 #3676A4 #6436A4

monochromatic

#484418 #766F27 #A49B36 #C6BC51 #D5CE7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#A49B36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.32

#A49B36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49B36

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49B36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49B36	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)

#A89628

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9B3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B09186

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49b36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 155, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.121 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b873',
    500: '#a49b36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49b36;
$custom-light: #c2b873;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49b36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.091,
    "s": 50.459,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67803,
    "c": 0.12085,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49B36

secondary

#787DBE

accent

#59DA4E

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49B36

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

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