#A49B37#A49B37

#A49B37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.120 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49B37
RGB	rgb(164, 155, 55)
HSL	hsl(55, 50%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(55, 66%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 66.5%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.02, -9.02, 51.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.02, 52.38, 99.92°)
OKLab	oklab(67.81% -0.0294 0.1164)
OKLCH	oklch(67.81% 0.12 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.7218, 31.6121, 8.2552)
Luminance	0.3161 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49B37 #3740A4

analogous

#A46437 #A49B37 #76A437

triadic

#A49B37 #37A49B #9B37A4

tetradic

#A49B37 #37A464 #3740A4 #A43776

square

#A49B37 #37A464 #3740A4 #A43776

split-complementary

#A49B37 #3776A4 #6437A4

monochromatic

#484418 #767028 #A49B37 #C5BC53 #D5CE81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#A49B37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.32

#A49B37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49B37

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49B37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49B37	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)

#A8962A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9B3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B09186

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49b37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 155, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.120 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b873',
    500: '#a49b37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49b37;
$custom-light: #c2b873;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49b37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.046,
    "s": 49.772,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67812,
    "c": 0.12009,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49B37

secondary

#797EBE

accent

#5AD94F

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49B37

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

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