#A49021#A49021

#A49021 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.125 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49021
RGB	rgb(164, 144, 33)
HSL	hsl(51, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(51, 80%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 79.9%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.84, -4.18, 56.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.84, 57.04, 94.21°)
OKLab	oklab(65.24% -0.018 0.1235)
OKLCH	oklch(65.24% 0.125 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.5589, 27.9502, 5.4872)
Luminance	0.2795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49021 #2135A4

analogous

#A44E21 #A49021 #76A421

triadic

#A49021 #21A490 #9021A4

tetradic

#A49021 #21A44E #2135A4 #A42176

square

#A49021 #21A44E #2135A4 #A42176

split-complementary

#A49021 #2176A4 #4E21A4

monochromatic

#3E370C #716317 #A49021 #D5BB2D #DFCC60

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#A49021 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.59

#A49021 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A49021

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49021	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49021	1.00	3.19	6.59	6.59
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8C04

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49329

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1857B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49021;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 144, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.125 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b067',
    500: '#a49021',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49021;
$custom-light: #c3b067;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49021",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.84,
    "s": 66.497,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65243,
    "c": 0.12483,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49021

secondary

#5D6DC4

accent

#58E93E

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49021

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

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