#A49621#A49621

#A49621 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.130 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49621
RGB	rgb(164, 150, 33)
HSL	hsl(54, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(54, 80%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 79.9%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.50, -7.42, 58.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.50, 58.84, 97.25°)
OKLab	oklab(66.55% -0.0271 0.1267)
OKLCH	oklch(66.55% 0.13 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.4920, 29.8162, 5.7982)
Luminance	0.2982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49621 #212FA4

analogous

#A45421 #A49621 #70A421

triadic

#A49621 #21A496 #9621A4

tetradic

#A49621 #21A454 #212FA4 #A42170

square

#A49621 #21A454 #212FA4 #A42170

split-complementary

#A49621 #2170A4 #5421A4

monochromatic

#3E390C #716717 #A49621 #D5C32D #DFD260

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#A49621 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.96

#A49621 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A49621

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49621	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49621	1.00	3.02	6.96	6.96
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9972A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B18B80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49621;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 150, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.130 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b467',
    500: '#a49621',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49621;
$custom-light: #c3b467;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49621",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.588,
    "s": 66.497,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66554,
    "c": 0.12957,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49621

secondary

#5D68C4

accent

#51E93E

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49621

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

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