#A49F31#A49F31

#A49F31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.128 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49F31
RGB	rgb(164, 159, 49)
HSL	hsl(57, 54%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(57, 70%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 70.1%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.09, -11.48, 55.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.09, 56.31, 101.76°)
OKLab	oklab(68.65% -0.037 0.1229)
OKLCH	oklch(68.65% 0.128 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.2634, 32.9115, 7.7689)
Luminance	0.3291 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49F31 #3136A4

analogous

#A46631 #A49F31 #70A431

triadic

#A49F31 #31A49F #9F31A4

tetradic

#A49F31 #31A466 #3136A4 #A43170

square

#A49F31 #31A466 #3136A4 #A43170

split-complementary

#A49F31 #3170A4 #6631A4

monochromatic

#464415 #757123 #A49F31 #C9C349 #D7D379

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#A49F31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.58

#A49F31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49F31

7.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49F31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49F31	1.00	2.77	7.58	7.58
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9920

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B09489

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49f31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 159, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.128 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2bb70',
    500: '#a49f31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49f31;
$custom-light: #c2bb70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49f31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.391,
    "s": 53.991,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68648,
    "c": 0.12833,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49F31

secondary

#7275BF

accent

#51DD4A

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49F31

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

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