#A49526#A49526

#A49526 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.126 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49526
RGB	rgb(164, 149, 38)
HSL	hsl(53, 62%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(53, 77%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 76.8%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.25, -6.69, 56.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.25, 56.87, 96.75°)
OKLab	oklab(66.36% -0.0246 0.1237)
OKLCH	oklch(66.36% 0.126 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.4084, 29.5286, 6.1419)
Luminance	0.2953 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49526 #2635A4

analogous

#A45626 #A49526 #74A426

triadic

#A49526 #26A495 #9526A4

tetradic

#A49526 #26A456 #2635A4 #A42674

square

#A49526 #26A456 #2635A4 #A42674

split-complementary

#A49526 #2674A4 #5626A4

monochromatic

#413B0F #72681A #A49526 #D1BE37 #DCCE68

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#A49526 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.91

#A49526 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A49526

6.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49526	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49526	1.00	3.04	6.91	6.91
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4900E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8962E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B18A80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49526;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 149, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.126 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b369',
    500: '#a49526',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49526;
$custom-light: #c3b369;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49526",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.857,
    "s": 62.376,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66364,
    "c": 0.12609,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49526

secondary

#646FC2

accent

#56E542

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49526

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

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