#A49E34#A49E34

#A49E34 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.125 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49E34
RGB	rgb(164, 158, 52)
HSL	hsl(57, 52%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(57, 68%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 68.3%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.83, -10.79, 53.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.83, 54.75, 101.36°)
OKLab	oklab(68.45% -0.0347 0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(68.45% 0.125 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.1576, 32.5952, 8.0564)
Luminance	0.3259 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49E34 #343AA4

analogous

#A46634 #A49E34 #72A434

triadic

#A49E34 #34A49E #9E34A4

tetradic

#A49E34 #34A466 #343AA4 #A43472

square

#A49E34 #34A466 #343AA4 #A43472

split-complementary

#A49E34 #3472A4 #6634A4

monochromatic

#474417 #767125 #A49E34 #C7C04E #D6D17D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#A49E34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.52

#A49E34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49E34

7.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49E34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49E34	1.00	2.79	7.52	7.52
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9825

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9D3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B09489

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49e34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 158, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.125 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2ba72',
    500: '#a49e34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49e34;
$custom-light: #c2ba72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49e34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.786,
    "s": 51.852,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6845,
    "c": 0.12524,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49E34

secondary

#7579BF

accent

#54DB4C

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49E34

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

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