#A49421#A49421

#A49421 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.128 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49421
RGB	rgb(164, 148, 33)
HSL	hsl(53, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(53, 80%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 79.9%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.94, -6.35, 57.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.94, 58.22, 96.26°)
OKLab	oklab(66.11% -0.0241 0.1256)
OKLCH	oklch(66.11% 0.128 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.1756, 29.1834, 5.6927)
Luminance	0.2918 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49421 #2131A4

analogous

#A45221 #A49421 #72A421

triadic

#A49421 #21A494 #9421A4

tetradic

#A49421 #21A452 #2131A4 #A42172

square

#A49421 #21A452 #2131A4 #A42172

split-complementary

#A49421 #2172A4 #5221A4

monochromatic

#3E380C #716617 #A49421 #D5C02D #DFD060

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#A49421 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.84

#A49421 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A49421

6.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49421	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49421	1.00	3.07	6.84	6.84
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39001

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7962A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1897F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49421;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 148, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.128 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b367',
    500: '#a49421',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49421;
$custom-light: #c3b367;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49421",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.672,
    "s": 66.497,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66115,
    "c": 0.12793,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49421

secondary

#5D69C4

accent

#53E93E

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F5EB

border

#D1CFC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49421

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

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