#A49521#A49521

#A49521 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.129 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49521
RGB	rgb(164, 149, 33)
HSL	hsl(53, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(53, 80%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 79.9%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.22, -6.89, 58.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.22, 58.53, 96.76°)
OKLab	oklab(66.33% -0.0256 0.1262)
OKLCH	oklch(66.33% 0.129 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.3331, 29.4984, 5.7453)
Luminance	0.2950 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49521 #2130A4

analogous

#A45321 #A49521 #71A421

triadic

#A49521 #21A495 #9521A4

tetradic

#A49521 #21A453 #2130A4 #A42171

square

#A49521 #21A453 #2130A4 #A42171

split-complementary

#A49521 #2171A4 #5321A4

monochromatic

#3E380C #716717 #A49521 #D5C22D #DFD160

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#A49521 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.90

#A49521 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A49521

6.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49521	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49521	1.00	3.04	6.90	6.90
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49000

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8962A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B18A80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49521;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 149, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.129 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b367',
    500: '#a49521',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49521;
$custom-light: #c3b367;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49521",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.13,
    "s": 66.497,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66334,
    "c": 0.12875,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49521

secondary

#5D69C4

accent

#52E93E

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49521

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

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