#A49D39#A49D39

#A49D39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.120 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49D39
RGB	rgb(164, 157, 57)
HSL	hsl(56, 48%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(56, 65%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 65.2%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.59, -9.96, 51.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.59, 52.29, 100.98°)
OKLab	oklab(68.27% -0.0318 0.1162)
OKLCH	oklch(68.27% 0.12 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.1064, 32.3029, 8.6247)
Luminance	0.3230 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49D39 #3940A4

analogous

#A46739 #A49D39 #75A439

triadic

#A49D39 #39A49D #9D39A4

tetradic

#A49D39 #39A467 #3940A4 #A43975

square

#A49D39 #39A467 #3940A4 #A43975

split-complementary

#A49D39 #3975A4 #6739A4

monochromatic

#494619 #777229 #A49D39 #C4BD56 #D4CF83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#A49D39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.46

#A49D39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49D39

7.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49D39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49D39	1.00	2.81	7.46	7.46
#FFFFFF	2.81	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)

#AA972C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B09388

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49d39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 157, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.120 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b975',
    500: '#a49d39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49d39;
$custom-light: #c2b975;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49d39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.075,
    "s": 48.416,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68272,
    "c": 0.12049,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49D39

secondary

#7B7FBE

accent

#59D850

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49D39

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

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