#A49429#A49429

#A49429 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.123 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49429
RGB	rgb(164, 148, 41)
HSL	hsl(52, 60%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(52, 75%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 75%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.99, -6.02, 55.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.99, 55.49, 96.23°)
OKLab	oklab(66.16% -0.0224 0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(66.16% 0.123 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.3012, 29.2337, 6.3547)
Luminance	0.2923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49429 #2939A4

analogous

#A45629 #A49429 #77A429

triadic

#A49429 #29A494 #9429A4

tetradic

#A49429 #29A456 #2939A4 #A42977

square

#A49429 #29A456 #2939A4 #A42977

split-complementary

#A49429 #2977A4 #5629A4

monochromatic

#423C11 #73681D #A49429 #CEBB3C #DACC6D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#A49429 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.85

#A49429 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A49429

6.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49429	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49429	1.00	3.07	6.85	6.85
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29015

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79630

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1897F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49429;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 148, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.123 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b36b',
    500: '#a49429',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49429;
$custom-light: #c3b36b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49429",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.195,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66164,
    "c": 0.12349,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49429

secondary

#6873C1

accent

#59E345

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F5EC

border

#D1CFC7

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49429

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

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