#A49025#A49025

#A49025 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.123 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49025
RGB	rgb(164, 144, 37)
HSL	hsl(51, 63%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(51, 77%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 77.4%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.87, -4.03, 55.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.87, 55.70, 94.15°)
OKLab	oklab(65.27% -0.0172 0.1215)
OKLCH	oklch(65.27% 0.123 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.6183, 27.9739, 5.8000)
Luminance	0.2797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49025 #2539A4

analogous

#A45125 #A49025 #79A425

triadic

#A49025 #25A490 #9025A4

tetradic

#A49025 #25A451 #2539A4 #A42579

square

#A49025 #25A451 #2539A4 #A42579

split-complementary

#A49025 #2579A4 #5125A4

monochromatic

#40380E #72641A #A49025 #D1B935 #DDCA67

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#A49025 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.59

#A49025 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A49025

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49025	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49025	1.00	3.18	6.59	6.59
#FFFFFF	3.18	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)

#9F8C0F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4932C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1857C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49025;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 144, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.123 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b068',
    500: '#a49025',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49025;
$custom-light: #c3b068;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49025",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.551,
    "s": 63.184,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65267,
    "c": 0.12268,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49025

secondary

#6271C2

accent

#5CE642

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49025

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

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