#A49E37#A49E37

#A49E37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.123 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49E37
RGB	rgb(164, 158, 55)
HSL	hsl(57, 50%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(57, 66%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 66.5%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.85, -10.61, 52.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.85, 53.52, 101.43°)
OKLab	oklab(68.47% -0.0339 0.1183)
OKLCH	oklch(68.47% 0.123 106)
XYZ	xyz(28.2273, 32.6230, 8.4237)
Luminance	0.3262 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49E37 #373DA4

analogous

#A46737 #A49E37 #74A437

triadic

#A49E37 #37A49E #9E37A4

tetradic

#A49E37 #37A467 #373DA4 #A43774

square

#A49E37 #37A467 #373DA4 #A43774

split-complementary

#A49E37 #3774A4 #6737A4

monochromatic

#484618 #767228 #A49E37 #C5BF53 #D5D081

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#A49E37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.52

#A49E37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49E37

7.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49E37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49E37	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)

#AB9829

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9D3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B09489

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49e37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 158, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.123 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2ba73',
    500: '#a49e37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49e37;
$custom-light: #c2ba73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49e37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.697,
    "s": 49.772,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68475,
    "c": 0.12302,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.32622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49E37

secondary

#797DBE

accent

#56D94F

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49E37

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

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