#A49525#A49525

#A49525 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.127 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49525
RGB	rgb(164, 149, 37)
HSL	hsl(53, 63%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(53, 77%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 77.4%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.24, -6.73, 56.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.24, 57.22, 96.75°)
OKLab	oklab(66.36% -0.0248 0.1242)
OKLCH	oklch(66.36% 0.127 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.3925, 29.5222, 6.0581)
Luminance	0.2952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49525 #2534A4

analogous

#A45525 #A49525 #74A425

triadic

#A49525 #25A495 #9525A4

tetradic

#A49525 #25A455 #2534A4 #A42574

square

#A49525 #25A455 #2534A4 #A42574

split-complementary

#A49525 #2574A4 #5525A4

monochromatic

#403A0E #72681A #A49525 #D1BF35 #DDCF67

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#A49525 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.90

#A49525 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A49525

6.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49525	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49525	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)

#A4900C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8962D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B18A80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49525;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 149, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.127 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b369',
    500: '#a49525',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49525;
$custom-light: #c3b369;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49525",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.913,
    "s": 63.184,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66357,
    "c": 0.12664,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49525

secondary

#626EC2

accent

#55E642

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49525

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

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