#A49929#A49929

#A49929 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	#A49929
RGB	rgb(164, 153, 41)
HSL	hsl(55, 60%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(55, 75%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.7%, 75%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.37, -8.70, 56.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.37, 57.13, 98.76°)
OKLab	oklab(67.26% -0.03 0.1242)
OKLCH	oklch(67.26% 0.128 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.1025, 30.8362, 6.6218)
Luminance	0.3084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49929 #2934A4

analogous

#A45B29 #A49929 #72A429

triadic

#A49929 #29A499 #9929A4

tetradic

#A49929 #29A45B #2934A4 #A42972

square

#A49929 #29A45B #2934A4 #A42972

split-complementary

#A49929 #2972A4 #5B29A4

monochromatic

#423E11 #736B1D #A49929 #CEC13C #DAD16D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#A49929 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.17

#A49929 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49929

7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49929	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49929	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)

#A79413

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9931

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B18E83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49929;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 153, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.128 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b66b',
    500: '#a49929',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49929;
$custom-light: #c3b66b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49929",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.634,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67262,
    "c": 0.12779,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30835
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49929

secondary

#6870C1

accent

#53E345

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49929

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

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