#A49028#A49028

#A49028 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.121 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49028
RGB	rgb(164, 144, 40)
HSL	hsl(50, 61%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(50, 76%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 75.6%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.88, -3.90, 54.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.88, 54.62, 94.09°)
OKLab	oklab(65.29% -0.0165 0.1198)
OKLCH	oklch(65.29% 0.121 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.6674, 27.9936, 6.0584)
Luminance	0.2799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49028 #283CA4

analogous

#A45228 #A49028 #7AA428

triadic

#A49028 #28A490 #9028A4

tetradic

#A49028 #28A452 #283CA4 #A4287A

square

#A49028 #28A452 #283CA4 #A4287A

split-complementary

#A49028 #287AA4 #5228A4

monochromatic

#423A10 #73651C #A49028 #CFB73A #DBC96B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#A49028 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.60

#A49028 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A49028

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49028	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49028	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)

#9F8C15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4932F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1857C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49028;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 144, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.121 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b06a',
    500: '#a49028',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49028;
$custom-light: #c3b06a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49028",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.323,
    "s": 60.784,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65287,
    "c": 0.12093,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49028

secondary

#6675C1

accent

#5EE444

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49028

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

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