#A49229#A49229

#A49229 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.122 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49229
RGB	rgb(164, 146, 41)
HSL	hsl(51, 60%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(51, 75%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 75%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.44, -4.94, 54.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.44, 54.86, 95.16°)
OKLab	oklab(65.73% -0.0193 0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(65.73% 0.122 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.9902, 28.6117, 6.2510)
Luminance	0.2861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49229 #293BA4

analogous

#A45529 #A49229 #78A429

triadic

#A49229 #29A492 #9229A4

tetradic

#A49229 #29A455 #293BA4 #A42978

square

#A49229 #29A455 #293BA4 #A42978

split-complementary

#A49229 #2978A4 #5529A4

monochromatic

#423B11 #73661D #A49229 #CEB93C #DACA6D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#A49229 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.72

#A49229 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A49229

6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49229	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49229	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)

#A18E16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59430

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1877E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49229;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 146, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.122 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b16b',
    500: '#a49229',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49229;
$custom-light: #c3b16b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49229",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.22,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65728,
    "c": 0.12188,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49229

secondary

#6875C1

accent

#5CE345

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F5EC

border

#D1CFC7

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49229

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

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