#A49F38#A49F38

#A49F38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.123 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49F38
RGB	rgb(164, 159, 56)
HSL	hsl(57, 49%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(57, 66%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 65.9%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.14, -11.08, 52.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.14, 53.49, 101.95°)
OKLab	oklab(68.71% -0.0351 0.1182)
OKLCH	oklch(68.71% 0.123 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.4228, 32.9753, 8.6083)
Luminance	0.3297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49F38 #383DA4

analogous

#A46938 #A49F38 #73A438

triadic

#A49F38 #38A49F #9F38A4

tetradic

#A49F38 #38A469 #383DA4 #A43873

square

#A49F38 #38A469 #383DA4 #A43873

split-complementary

#A49F38 #3873A4 #6938A4

monochromatic

#494719 #767328 #A49F38 #C5C054 #D4D182

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#A49F38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.59

#A49F38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49F38

7.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49F38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49F38	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)

#AC992A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9D3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0958A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49f38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 159, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.123 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2bb74',
    500: '#a49f38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49f38;
$custom-light: #c2bb74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49f38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.222,
    "s": 49.091,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68706,
    "c": 0.12326,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49F38

secondary

#7A7DBE

accent

#56D94F

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49F38

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

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