#A49226#A49226

#A49226 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.124 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49226
RGB	rgb(164, 146, 38)
HSL	hsl(51, 62%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(51, 77%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 76.8%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.42, -5.07, 55.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.42, 55.94, 95.20°)
OKLab	oklab(65.71% -0.02 0.122)
OKLCH	oklch(65.71% 0.124 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.9399, 28.5915, 5.9857)
Luminance	0.2859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49226 #2638A4

analogous

#A45326 #A49226 #77A426

triadic

#A49226 #26A492 #9226A4

tetradic

#A49226 #26A453 #2638A4 #A42677

square

#A49226 #26A453 #2638A4 #A42677

split-complementary

#A49226 #2677A4 #5326A4

monochromatic

#413A0F #72661A #A49226 #D1BB37 #DCCC68

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#A49226 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.72

#A49226 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A49226

6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49226	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49226	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)

#A18E10

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6942D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1877D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49226;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 146, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.124 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b169',
    500: '#a49226',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49226;
$custom-light: #c3b169;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49226",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 62.376,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65708,
    "c": 0.12365,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49226

secondary

#6471C2

accent

#5AE542

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49226

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

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