#A49228#A49228

#A49228 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.122 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49228
RGB	rgb(164, 146, 40)
HSL	hsl(51, 61%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(51, 76%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 75.6%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.43, -4.98, 55.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.43, 55.22, 95.18°)
OKLab	oklab(65.72% -0.0196 0.1209)
OKLCH	oklch(65.72% 0.122 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.9730, 28.6048, 6.1603)
Luminance	0.2860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49228 #283AA4

analogous

#A45428 #A49228 #78A428

triadic

#A49228 #28A492 #9228A4

tetradic

#A49228 #28A454 #283AA4 #A42878

square

#A49228 #28A454 #283AA4 #A42878

split-complementary

#A49228 #2878A4 #5428A4

monochromatic

#423A10 #73661C #A49228 #CFB93A #DBCB6B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#A49228 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.72

#A49228 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A49228

6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49228	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49228	1.00	3.12	6.72	6.72
#FFFFFF	3.12	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)

#A18E14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6942F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1877E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49228;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 146, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.122 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b16a',
    500: '#a49228',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49228;
$custom-light: #c3b16a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49228",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.29,
    "s": 60.784,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65721,
    "c": 0.12248,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49228

secondary

#6674C1

accent

#5BE444

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49228

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

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