#A49227#A49227

#A49227 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.123 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49227
RGB	rgb(164, 146, 39)
HSL	hsl(51, 62%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(51, 76%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 76.2%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.43, -5.03, 55.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.43, 55.59, 95.19°)
OKLab	oklab(65.72% -0.0198 0.1215)
OKLCH	oklch(65.72% 0.123 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.9562, 28.5980, 6.0718)
Luminance	0.2860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49227 #2739A4

analogous

#A45427 #A49227 #78A427

triadic

#A49227 #27A492 #9227A4

tetradic

#A49227 #27A454 #2739A4 #A42778

square

#A49227 #27A454 #2739A4 #A42778

split-complementary

#A49227 #2778A4 #5427A4

monochromatic

#413A0F #73661B #A49227 #D0BA38 #DCCB6A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#A49227 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.72

#A49227 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A49227

6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49227	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49227	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)

#A18E12

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6942E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1877D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49227;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 146, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.123 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b16a',
    500: '#a49227',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49227;
$custom-light: #c3b16a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49227",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.36,
    "s": 61.576,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65715,
    "c": 0.12307,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49227

secondary

#6572C2

accent

#5AE543

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49227

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

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