#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
RGBrgb(164, 159, 56)
HSLhsl(57, 49%, 43%)
HSVhsv(57, 66%, 64%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 3%, 65.9%, 35.7%)
CIE-LABlab(64.14, -11.08, 52.34)
CIE-LCHlch(64.14, 53.49, 101.95°)
OKLaboklab(68.71% -0.0351 0.1182)
OKLCHoklch(68.71% 0.123 106.5)
XYZxyz(28.4228, 32.9753, 8.6083)
Luminance0.3297 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##A49F381.002.777.597.59
#FFFFFF2.771.0021.0021.00
#0000007.5921.001.001.00
##0000007.5921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#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

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#A49F38 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva