#A49A27#A49A27

#A49A27 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.130 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49A27
RGB	rgb(164, 154, 39)
HSL	hsl(55, 62%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(55, 76%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 76.2%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.64, -9.32, 57.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.64, 58.17, 99.22°)
OKLab	oklab(67.47% -0.0319 0.1259)
OKLCH	oklch(67.47% 0.13 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.2328, 31.1513, 6.4974)
Luminance	0.3115 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49A27 #2731A4

analogous

#A45C27 #A49A27 #70A427

triadic

#A49A27 #27A49A #9A27A4

tetradic

#A49A27 #27A45C #2731A4 #A42770

square

#A49A27 #27A45C #2731A4 #A42770

split-complementary

#A49A27 #2770A4 #5C27A4

monochromatic

#413D0F #736C1B #A49A27 #D0C438 #DCD26A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#A49A27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.23

#A49A27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49A27

7.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49A27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49A27	1.00	2.90	7.23	7.23
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8950E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9A30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B18F84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49a27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 154, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.130 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b76b',
    500: '#a49a27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49a27;
$custom-light: #c3b76b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49a27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.2,
    "s": 61.576,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6747,
    "c": 0.12984,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49A27

secondary

#656CC2

accent

#50E543

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49A27

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

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