#A49927#A49927

#A49927 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.129 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49927
RGB	rgb(164, 153, 39)
HSL	hsl(55, 62%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(55, 76%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.7%, 76.2%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.36, -8.79, 57.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.36, 57.84, 98.74°)
OKLab	oklab(67.25% -0.0304 0.1253)
OKLCH	oklch(67.25% 0.129 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.0685, 30.8226, 6.4426)
Luminance	0.3082 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49927 #2732A4

analogous

#A45B27 #A49927 #71A427

triadic

#A49927 #27A499 #9927A4

tetradic

#A49927 #27A45B #2732A4 #A42771

square

#A49927 #27A45B #2732A4 #A42771

split-complementary

#A49927 #2771A4 #5B27A4

monochromatic

#413D0F #736B1B #A49927 #D0C238 #DCD26A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#A49927 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.16

#A49927 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49927

7.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49927	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49927	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)

#A7940E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB992F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B18E83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49927;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 153, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.129 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b66a',
    500: '#a49927',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49927;
$custom-light: #c3b66a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49927",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.72,
    "s": 61.576,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67249,
    "c": 0.12895,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49927

secondary

#656DC2

accent

#51E543

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49927

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

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