#A49933#A49933

#A49933 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.121 H 103.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49933
RGB	rgb(164, 153, 51)
HSL	hsl(54, 53%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(54, 69%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.7%, 68.9%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.44, -8.19, 52.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.44, 53.30, 98.84°)
OKLab	oklab(67.34% -0.0275 0.118)
OKLCH	oklch(67.34% 0.121 103.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.2997, 30.9151, 7.6605)
Luminance	0.3091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49933 #333EA4

analogous

#A46033 #A49933 #77A433

triadic

#A49933 #33A499 #9933A4

tetradic

#A49933 #33A460 #333EA4 #A43377

square

#A49933 #33A460 #333EA4 #A43377

split-complementary

#A49933 #3377A4 #6033A4

monochromatic

#474216 #756D24 #A49933 #C8BC4D #D6CD7B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#A49933 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.18

#A49933 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49933

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49933	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49933	1.00	2.92	7.18	7.18
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79424

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9939

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B08E84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49933;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 153, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.121 103.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b671',
    500: '#a49933',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49933;
$custom-light: #c2b671;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49933",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.159,
    "s": 52.558,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67337,
    "c": 0.12119,
    "h": 103.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49933

secondary

#747BBF

accent

#5ADC4C

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49933

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

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