#A49C31#A49C31

#A49C31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.125 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49C31
RGB	rgb(164, 156, 49)
HSL	hsl(56, 54%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(56, 70%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 70.1%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.25, -9.90, 54.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.25, 55.20, 100.33°)
OKLab	oklab(67.98% -0.0325 0.1211)
OKLCH	oklch(67.98% 0.125 105)
XYZ	xyz(27.7538, 31.8922, 7.5990)
Luminance	0.3189 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49C31 #3139A4

analogous

#A46331 #A49C31 #73A431

triadic

#A49C31 #31A49C #9C31A4

tetradic

#A49C31 #31A463 #3139A4 #A43173

square

#A49C31 #31A463 #3139A4 #A43173

split-complementary

#A49C31 #3173A4 #6331A4

monochromatic

#464215 #756F23 #A49C31 #C9C049 #D7D079

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#A49C31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.38

#A49C31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49C31

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49C31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49C31	1.00	2.85	7.38	7.38
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9621

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9B38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B09187

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49c31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 156, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.125 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b870',
    500: '#a49c31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49c31;
$custom-light: #c2b870;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49c31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.826,
    "s": 53.991,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67983,
    "c": 0.12541,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.31891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49C31

secondary

#7277BF

accent

#55DD4A

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49C31

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

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