#A49427#A49427

#A49427 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.125 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49427
RGB	rgb(164, 148, 39)
HSL	hsl(52, 62%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(52, 76%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 76.2%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.98, -6.11, 55.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.98, 56.21, 96.24°)
OKLab	oklab(66.15% -0.0229 0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(66.15% 0.125 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.2672, 29.2200, 6.1755)
Luminance	0.2922 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49427 #2737A4

analogous

#A45627 #A49427 #76A427

triadic

#A49427 #27A494 #9427A4

tetradic

#A49427 #27A456 #2737A4 #A42776

square

#A49427 #27A456 #2737A4 #A42776

split-complementary

#A49427 #2776A4 #5627A4

monochromatic

#413B0F #73671B #A49427 #D0BC38 #DCCD6A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#A49427 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.84

#A49427 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A49427

6.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49427	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49427	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)

#A39011

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7962F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1897F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49427;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 148, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.125 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b36a',
    500: '#a49427',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49427;
$custom-light: #c3b36a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49427",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.32,
    "s": 61.576,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66151,
    "c": 0.12469,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29219
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49427

secondary

#6571C2

accent

#58E543

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F5EB

border

#D1CFC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49427

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

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