#A49529#A49529

#A49529 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.124 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49529
RGB	rgb(164, 149, 41)
HSL	hsl(53, 60%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(53, 75%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 75%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.26, -6.56, 55.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.26, 55.81, 96.75°)
OKLab	oklab(66.38% -0.0239 0.122)
OKLCH	oklch(66.38% 0.124 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.4588, 29.5487, 6.4072)
Luminance	0.2955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49529 #2938A4

analogous

#A45729 #A49529 #75A429

triadic

#A49529 #29A495 #9529A4

tetradic

#A49529 #29A457 #2938A4 #A42975

square

#A49529 #29A457 #2938A4 #A42975

split-complementary

#A49529 #2975A4 #5729A4

monochromatic

#423C11 #73691D #A49529 #CEBC3C #DACD6D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#A49529 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.91

#A49529 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A49529

6.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49529	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49529	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)

#A39115

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89630

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B18A80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49529;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 149, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.124 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b36b',
    500: '#a49529',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49529;
$custom-light: #c3b36b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49529",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.683,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66383,
    "c": 0.12433,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49529

secondary

#6873C1

accent

#58E345

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49529

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

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