#A49A21#A49A21

#A49A21 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.133 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49A21
RGB	rgb(164, 154, 33)
HSL	hsl(55, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(55, 80%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 79.9%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.60, -9.56, 59.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.60, 60.12, 99.15°)
OKLab	oklab(67.44% -0.0331 0.1288)
OKLCH	oklch(67.44% 0.133 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.1412, 31.1146, 6.0146)
Luminance	0.3111 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49A21 #212BA4

analogous

#A45821 #A49A21 #6CA421

triadic

#A49A21 #21A49A #9A21A4

tetradic

#A49A21 #21A458 #212BA4 #A4216C

square

#A49A21 #21A458 #212BA4 #A4216C

split-complementary

#A49A21 #216CA4 #5821A4

monochromatic

#3E3A0C #716A17 #A49A21 #D5C82D #DFD560

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#A49A21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.22

#A49A21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49A21

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49A21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49A21	1.00	2.91	7.22	7.22
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9A2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B18F84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49a21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 154, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.133 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b768',
    500: '#a49a21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49a21;
$custom-light: #c3b768;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49a21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.42,
    "s": 66.497,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67436,
    "c": 0.13301,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49A21

secondary

#5D65C4

accent

#4BE93E

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49A21

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

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