#A49221#A49221

#A49221 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.126 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49221
RGB	rgb(164, 146, 33)
HSL	hsl(52, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(52, 80%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 79.9%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.39, -5.27, 57.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.39, 57.62, 95.25°)
OKLab	oklab(65.68% -0.0211 0.1246)
OKLCH	oklch(65.68% 0.126 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.8646, 28.5614, 5.5891)
Luminance	0.2856 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49221 #2133A4

analogous

#A45021 #A49221 #74A421

triadic

#A49221 #21A492 #9221A4

tetradic

#A49221 #21A450 #2133A4 #A42174

square

#A49221 #21A450 #2133A4 #A42174

split-complementary

#A49221 #2174A4 #5021A4

monochromatic

#3E370C #716517 #A49221 #D5BE2D #DFCE60

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#A49221 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.71

#A49221 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A49221

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49221	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49221	1.00	3.13	6.71	6.71
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A18E02

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6942A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1877D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49221;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 146, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.126 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b167',
    500: '#a49221',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49221;
$custom-light: #c3b167;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49221",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.756,
    "s": 66.497,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65678,
    "c": 0.12635,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49221

secondary

#5D6BC4

accent

#56E93E

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49221

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

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