#A49D31#A49D31

#A49D31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.126 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49D31
RGB	rgb(164, 157, 49)
HSL	hsl(56, 54%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(56, 70%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 70.1%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.53, -10.43, 54.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.53, 55.56, 100.81°)
OKLab	oklab(68.2% -0.034 0.1217)
OKLCH	oklch(68.2% 0.126 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.9223, 32.2292, 7.6552)
Luminance	0.3223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49D31 #3138A4

analogous

#A46431 #A49D31 #72A431

triadic

#A49D31 #31A49D #9D31A4

tetradic

#A49D31 #31A464 #3138A4 #A43172

square

#A49D31 #31A464 #3138A4 #A43172

split-complementary

#A49D31 #3172A4 #6431A4

monochromatic

#464315 #757023 #A49D31 #C9C149 #D7D179

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#A49D31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.45

#A49D31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49D31

7.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49D31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49D31	1.00	2.82	7.45	7.45
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9720

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B09287

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49d31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 157, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.126 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b970',
    500: '#a49d31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49d31;
$custom-light: #c2b970;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49d31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.348,
    "s": 53.991,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68204,
    "c": 0.12638,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49D31

secondary

#7276BF

accent

#53DD4A

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49D31

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

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