#A49527#A49527

#A49527 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.126 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49527
RGB	rgb(164, 149, 39)
HSL	hsl(53, 62%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(53, 76%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 76.2%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.25, -6.65, 56.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.25, 56.52, 96.75°)
OKLab	oklab(66.37% -0.0244 0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(66.37% 0.126 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.4247, 29.5351, 6.2280)
Luminance	0.2953 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49527 #2736A4

analogous

#A45727 #A49527 #75A427

triadic

#A49527 #27A495 #9527A4

tetradic

#A49527 #27A457 #2736A4 #A42775

square

#A49527 #27A457 #2736A4 #A42775

split-complementary

#A49527 #2775A4 #5727A4

monochromatic

#413B0F #73681B #A49527 #D0BE38 #DCCE6A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#A49527 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.91

#A49527 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A49527

6.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49527	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49527	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)

#A39011

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8962F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B18A80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49527;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 149, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.126 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b36a',
    500: '#a49527',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49527;
$custom-light: #c3b36a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49527",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.8,
    "s": 61.576,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6637,
    "c": 0.1255,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29534
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49527

secondary

#6570C2

accent

#57E543

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49527

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

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