#A49026#A49026

#A49026 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.122 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49026
RGB	rgb(164, 144, 38)
HSL	hsl(50, 62%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(50, 77%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 76.8%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.87, -3.98, 55.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.87, 55.34, 94.13°)
OKLab	oklab(65.27% -0.017 0.1209)
OKLCH	oklch(65.27% 0.122 98)
XYZ	xyz(25.6343, 27.9803, 5.8839)
Luminance	0.2798 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49026 #263AA4

analogous

#A45126 #A49026 #79A426

triadic

#A49026 #26A490 #9026A4

tetradic

#A49026 #26A451 #263AA4 #A42679

square

#A49026 #26A451 #263AA4 #A42679

split-complementary

#A49026 #2679A4 #5126A4

monochromatic

#41390F #72641A #A49026 #D1B837 #DCCA68

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#A49026 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.60

#A49026 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A49026

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49026	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49026	1.00	3.18	6.60	6.60
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8C11

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4932D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1857C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49026;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 144, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.122 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b069',
    500: '#a49026',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49026;
$custom-light: #c3b069;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49026",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.476,
    "s": 62.376,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65273,
    "c": 0.12211,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.27979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49026

secondary

#6473C2

accent

#5CE542

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49026

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

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