#A49E35#A49E35

#A49E35 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	#A49E35
RGB	rgb(164, 158, 53)
HSL	hsl(57, 51%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(57, 68%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 67.7%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.84, -10.73, 53.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.84, 54.35, 101.39°)
OKLab	oklab(68.46% -0.0344 0.1197)
OKLCH	oklch(68.46% 0.125 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.1804, 32.6043, 8.1763)
Luminance	0.3260 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49E35 #353BA4

analogous

#A46735 #A49E35 #72A435

triadic

#A49E35 #35A49E #9E35A4

tetradic

#A49E35 #35A467 #353BA4 #A43572

square

#A49E35 #35A467 #353BA4 #A43572

split-complementary

#A49E35 #3572A4 #6735A4

monochromatic

#474517 #767126 #A49E35 #C6C050 #D5D17E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#A49E35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.52

#A49E35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49E35

7.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49E35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49E35	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)

#AB9826

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9D3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B09489

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49e35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 158, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.125 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2ba72',
    500: '#a49e35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49e35;
$custom-light: #c2ba72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49e35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.757,
    "s": 51.152,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68458,
    "c": 0.12451,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49E35

secondary

#767ABE

accent

#55DB4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49E35

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

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