#A49D38#A49D38

#A49D38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.121 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49D38
RGB	rgb(164, 157, 56)
HSL	hsl(56, 49%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(56, 66%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 65.9%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.58, -10.02, 51.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.58, 52.72, 100.96°)
OKLab	oklab(68.26% -0.0321 0.1169)
OKLCH	oklch(68.26% 0.121 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.0817, 32.2930, 8.4946)
Luminance	0.3229 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49D38 #383FA4

analogous

#A46738 #A49D38 #75A438

triadic

#A49D38 #38A49D #9D38A4

tetradic

#A49D38 #38A467 #383FA4 #A43875

square

#A49D38 #38A467 #383FA4 #A43875

split-complementary

#A49D38 #3875A4 #6738A4

monochromatic

#494619 #767128 #A49D38 #C5BD54 #D4CF82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#A49D38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.46

#A49D38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49D38

7.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49D38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49D38	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)

#AA972B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B09388

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49d38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 157, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.121 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b974',
    500: '#a49d38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49d38;
$custom-light: #c2b974;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49d38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.111,
    "s": 49.091,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68262,
    "c": 0.12127,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49D38

secondary

#7A7EBE

accent

#58D94F

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49D38

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

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