#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
RGB	rgb(164, 159, 54)
HSL	hsl(57, 50%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(57, 67%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 67.1%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.13, -11.20, 53.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.13, 54.32, 101.90°)
OKLab	oklab(68.69% -0.0357 0.1196)
OKLCH	oklch(68.69% 0.125 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.3749, 32.9561, 8.3558)
Luminance	0.3296 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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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
##A49F36	1.00	2.77	7.59	7.59
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #A49F36

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

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