#A49D37#A49D37

#A49D37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.122 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49D37
RGB	rgb(164, 157, 55)
HSL	hsl(56, 50%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(56, 66%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 66.5%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.58, -10.08, 52.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.58, 53.14, 100.94°)
OKLab	oklab(68.25% -0.0324 0.1177)
OKLCH	oklch(68.25% 0.122 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.0575, 32.2833, 8.3670)
Luminance	0.3228 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49D37 #373EA4

analogous

#A46637 #A49D37 #74A437

triadic

#A49D37 #37A49D #9D37A4

tetradic

#A49D37 #37A466 #373EA4 #A43774

square

#A49D37 #37A466 #373EA4 #A43774

split-complementary

#A49D37 #3774A4 #6637A4

monochromatic

#484518 #767128 #A49D37 #C5BE53 #D5CF81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#A49D37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.46

#A49D37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49D37

7.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49D37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49D37	1.00	2.82	7.46	7.46
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9729

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B09388

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49d37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 157, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.122 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b973',
    500: '#a49d37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49d37;
$custom-light: #c2b973;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49d37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.147,
    "s": 49.772,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68254,
    "c": 0.12203,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49D37

secondary

#797DBE

accent

#57D94F

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49D37

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

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