#A49F36#A49F36

#A49F36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.125 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#A49F36
RGBrgb(164, 159, 54)
HSLhsl(57, 50%, 43%)
HSVhsv(57, 67%, 64%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 3%, 67.1%, 35.7%)
CIE-LABlab(64.13, -11.20, 53.16)
CIE-LCHlch(64.13, 54.32, 101.90°)
OKLaboklab(68.69% -0.0357 0.1196)
OKLCHoklch(68.69% 0.125 106.6)
XYZxyz(28.3749, 32.9561, 8.3558)
Luminance0.3296 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#A49F36 #363BA4
analogous
#A46836 #A49F36 #72A436
triadic
#A49F36 #36A49F #9F36A4
tetradic
#A49F36 #36A468 #363BA4 #A43672
square
#A49F36 #36A468 #363BA4 #A43672
split-complementary
#A49F36 #3672A4 #6836A4
monochromatic
#484618 #767227 #A49F36 #C6C151 #D5D17F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77
#A49F36 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.59
#A49F36 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49F36
7.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##A49F36#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##A49F361.002.777.597.59
#FFFFFF2.771.0021.0021.00
#0000007.5921.001.001.00
##0000007.5921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#AC9927
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#AF9D3D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B0958A
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #a49f36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 159, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.125 106.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2bb73',
    500: '#a49f36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #a49f36;
$custom-light: #c2bb73;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#a49f36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.273,
    "s": 50.459,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68688,
    "c": 0.12477,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#A49F36
secondary
#787BBE
accent
#54DA4E
background
#FCFBF7
surface
#F8F6ED
border
#D1D0C8
text
#131108
muted
#82807B

Preview Lab

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#A49F36 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva