#A49225#A49225

#A49225 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.124 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49225
RGB	rgb(164, 146, 37)
HSL	hsl(51, 63%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(51, 77%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 77.4%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.41, -5.11, 56.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.41, 56.29, 95.21°)
OKLab	oklab(65.7% -0.0202 0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(65.7% 0.124 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.9239, 28.5851, 5.9019)
Luminance	0.2858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49225 #2537A4

analogous

#A45325 #A49225 #77A425

triadic

#A49225 #25A492 #9225A4

tetradic

#A49225 #25A453 #2537A4 #A42577

square

#A49225 #25A453 #2537A4 #A42577

split-complementary

#A49225 #2577A4 #5325A4

monochromatic

#40390E #72661A #A49225 #D1BB35 #DDCC67

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#A49225 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.72

#A49225 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A49225

6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49225	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49225	1.00	3.13	6.72	6.72
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A18E0D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6942D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1877D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49225;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 146, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.124 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b169',
    500: '#a49225',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49225;
$custom-light: #c3b169;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49225",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.496,
    "s": 63.184,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65702,
    "c": 0.12422,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49225

secondary

#6270C2

accent

#59E642

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49225

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

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