#A49D36#A49D36

#A49D36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.123 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49D36
RGB	rgb(164, 157, 54)
HSL	hsl(56, 50%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(56, 67%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 67.1%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.57, -10.14, 52.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.57, 53.55, 100.92°)
OKLab	oklab(68.25% -0.0327 0.1184)
OKLCH	oklch(68.25% 0.123 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.0337, 32.2738, 8.2421)
Luminance	0.3227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49D36 #363DA4

analogous

#A46636 #A49D36 #74A436

triadic

#A49D36 #36A49D #9D36A4

tetradic

#A49D36 #36A466 #363DA4 #A43674

square

#A49D36 #36A466 #363DA4 #A43674

split-complementary

#A49D36 #3674A4 #6636A4

monochromatic

#484518 #767127 #A49D36 #C6BE51 #D5D07F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#A49D36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.45

#A49D36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49D36

7.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49D36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49D36	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)

#AA9728

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B09388

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49d36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 157, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.123 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b973',
    500: '#a49d36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49d36;
$custom-light: #c2b973;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49d36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.182,
    "s": 50.459,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68245,
    "c": 0.12279,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49D36

secondary

#787CBE

accent

#57DA4E

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49D36

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

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