#A49821#A49821

#A49821 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.131 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49821
RGB	rgb(164, 152, 33)
HSL	hsl(55, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(55, 80%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 79.9%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.05, -8.49, 58.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.05, 59.47, 98.21°)
OKLab	oklab(66.99% -0.0301 0.1278)
OKLCH	oklch(66.99% 0.131 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.8138, 30.4600, 5.9055)
Luminance	0.3046 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49821 #212DA4

analogous

#A45621 #A49821 #6EA421

triadic

#A49821 #21A498 #9821A4

tetradic

#A49821 #21A456 #212DA4 #A4216E

square

#A49821 #21A456 #212DA4 #A4216E

split-complementary

#A49821 #216EA4 #5621A4

monochromatic

#3E3A0C #716917 #A49821 #D5C52D #DFD360

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#A49821 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.09

#A49821 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49821

7.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49821	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49821	1.00	2.96	7.09	7.09
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79300

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA982B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B18D82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49821;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 152, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.131 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b668',
    500: '#a49821',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49821;
$custom-light: #c3b668;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49821",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.504,
    "s": 66.497,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66994,
    "c": 0.13127,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49821

secondary

#5D66C4

accent

#4EE93E

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49821

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

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