#A49D34#A49D34

#A49D34 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.124 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49D34
RGB	rgb(164, 157, 52)
HSL	hsl(56, 52%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(56, 68%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 68.3%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.55, -10.26, 53.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.55, 54.37, 100.88°)
OKLab	oklab(68.23% -0.0332 0.1197)
OKLCH	oklch(68.23% 0.124 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.9877, 32.2554, 7.9998)
Luminance	0.3225 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49D34 #343BA4

analogous

#A46534 #A49D34 #73A434

triadic

#A49D34 #34A49D #9D34A4

tetradic

#A49D34 #34A465 #343BA4 #A43473

square

#A49D34 #34A465 #343BA4 #A43473

split-complementary

#A49D34 #3473A4 #6534A4

monochromatic

#474417 #767125 #A49D34 #C7BF4E #D6D07D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#A49D34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.45

#A49D34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49D34

7.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49D34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49D34	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)

#AA9725

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B09388

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49d34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 157, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.124 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b972',
    500: '#a49d34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49d34;
$custom-light: #c2b972;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49d34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.25,
    "s": 51.852,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68228,
    "c": 0.12426,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49D34

secondary

#757ABF

accent

#55DB4C

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49D34

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

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