#A49D35#A49D35

#A49D35 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	#A49D35
RGB	rgb(164, 157, 53)
HSL	hsl(56, 51%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(56, 68%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 67.7%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.56, -10.20, 52.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.56, 53.96, 100.90°)
OKLab	oklab(68.24% -0.0329 0.1191)
OKLCH	oklch(68.24% 0.124 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.0105, 32.2645, 8.1197)
Luminance	0.3226 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49D35 #353CA4

analogous

#A46535 #A49D35 #74A435

triadic

#A49D35 #35A49D #9D35A4

tetradic

#A49D35 #35A465 #353CA4 #A43574

square

#A49D35 #35A465 #353CA4 #A43574

split-complementary

#A49D35 #3574A4 #6535A4

monochromatic

#474417 #767126 #A49D35 #C6BF50 #D5D07E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#A49D35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.45

#A49D35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49D35

7.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49D35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49D35	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)

#AA9726

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B09388

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49d35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 157, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.124 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b972',
    500: '#a49d35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49d35;
$custom-light: #c2b972;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49d35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.216,
    "s": 51.152,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68236,
    "c": 0.12353,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49D35

secondary

#767BBE

accent

#56DB4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49D35

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

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