#A49921#A49921

#A49921 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.132 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49921
RGB	rgb(164, 153, 33)
HSL	hsl(55, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(55, 80%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.7%, 79.9%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.33, -9.02, 59.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.33, 59.79, 98.68°)
OKLab	oklab(67.22% -0.0316 0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(67.22% 0.132 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.9768, 30.7859, 5.9598)
Luminance	0.3079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49921 #212CA4

analogous

#A45721 #A49921 #6DA421

triadic

#A49921 #21A499 #9921A4

tetradic

#A49921 #21A457 #212CA4 #A4216D

square

#A49921 #21A457 #212CA4 #A4216D

split-complementary

#A49921 #216DA4 #5721A4

monochromatic

#3E3A0C #716917 #A49921 #D5C72D #DFD460

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#A49921 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.16

#A49921 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49921

7.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49921	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49921	1.00	2.93	7.16	7.16
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB992B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B18E83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49921;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 153, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.132 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b668',
    500: '#a49921',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49921;
$custom-light: #c3b668;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49921",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.962,
    "s": 66.497,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67215,
    "c": 0.13213,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49921

secondary

#5D66C4

accent

#4DE93E

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49921

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

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