#A49721#A49721

#A49721 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.130 H 102.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49721
RGB	rgb(164, 151, 33)
HSL	hsl(54, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(54, 80%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 79.9%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.77, -7.96, 58.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.77, 59.15, 97.73°)
OKLab	oklab(66.77% -0.0286 0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(66.77% 0.13 102.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.6522, 30.1367, 5.8516)
Luminance	0.3014 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49721 #212EA4

analogous

#A45521 #A49721 #6FA421

triadic

#A49721 #21A497 #9721A4

tetradic

#A49721 #21A455 #212EA4 #A4216F

square

#A49721 #21A455 #212EA4 #A4216F

split-complementary

#A49721 #216FA4 #5521A4

monochromatic

#3E390C #716817 #A49721 #D5C42D #DFD260

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#A49721 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.03

#A49721 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49721

7.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49721	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49721	1.00	2.99	7.03	7.03
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9982A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B18C81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49721;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 151, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.130 102.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b567',
    500: '#a49721',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49721;
$custom-light: #c3b567;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49721",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.046,
    "s": 66.497,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66774,
    "c": 0.13041,
    "h": 102.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49721

secondary

#5D67C4

accent

#4FE93E

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49721

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

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