#A49E31#A49E31

#A49E31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.127 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49E31
RGB	rgb(164, 158, 49)
HSL	hsl(57, 54%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(57, 70%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 70.1%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.81, -10.95, 54.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.81, 55.94, 101.29°)
OKLab	oklab(68.43% -0.0355 0.1223)
OKLCH	oklch(68.43% 0.127 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.0922, 32.5690, 7.7118)
Luminance	0.3257 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49E31 #3137A4

analogous

#A46531 #A49E31 #71A431

triadic

#A49E31 #31A49E #9E31A4

tetradic

#A49E31 #31A465 #3137A4 #A43171

square

#A49E31 #31A465 #3137A4 #A43171

split-complementary

#A49E31 #3171A4 #6531A4

monochromatic

#464315 #757123 #A49E31 #C9C249 #D7D279

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#A49E31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.51

#A49E31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49E31

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49E31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49E31	1.00	2.79	7.51	7.51
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9820

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9D38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B09388

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49e31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 158, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.127 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2ba70',
    500: '#a49e31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49e31;
$custom-light: #c2ba70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49e31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.87,
    "s": 53.991,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68426,
    "c": 0.12734,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49E31

secondary

#7276BF

accent

#52DD4A

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49E31

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

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