#A49928#A49928

#A49928 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.128 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49928
RGB	rgb(164, 153, 40)
HSL	hsl(55, 61%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(55, 76%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.7%, 75.6%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.36, -8.74, 56.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.36, 57.49, 98.75°)
OKLab	oklab(67.26% -0.0302 0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(67.26% 0.128 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.0853, 30.8293, 6.5310)
Luminance	0.3083 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49928 #2833A4

analogous

#A45B28 #A49928 #71A428

triadic

#A49928 #28A499 #9928A4

tetradic

#A49928 #28A45B #2833A4 #A42871

square

#A49928 #28A45B #2833A4 #A42871

split-complementary

#A49928 #2871A4 #5B28A4

monochromatic

#423D10 #736B1C #A49928 #CFC23A #DBD16B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#A49928 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.17

#A49928 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49928

7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49928	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49928	1.00	2.93	7.17	7.17
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79411

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9930

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B18E83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49928;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 153, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.128 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b66b',
    500: '#a49928',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49928;
$custom-light: #c3b66b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49928",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.677,
    "s": 60.784,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67256,
    "c": 0.12837,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49928

secondary

#666EC1

accent

#52E444

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49928

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

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