#A49A28#A49A28

#A49A28 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.129 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49A28
RGB	rgb(164, 154, 40)
HSL	hsl(55, 61%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(55, 76%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 75.6%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.64, -9.28, 57.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.64, 57.83, 99.23°)
OKLab	oklab(67.48% -0.0317 0.1253)
OKLCH	oklch(67.48% 0.129 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.2496, 31.1580, 6.5858)
Luminance	0.3116 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49A28 #2832A4

analogous

#A45C28 #A49A28 #70A428

triadic

#A49A28 #28A49A #9A28A4

tetradic

#A49A28 #28A45C #2832A4 #A42870

square

#A49A28 #28A45C #2832A4 #A42870

split-complementary

#A49A28 #2870A4 #5C28A4

monochromatic

#423E10 #736C1C #A49A28 #CFC33A #DBD26B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#A49A28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.23

#A49A28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49A28

7.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49A28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49A28	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)

#A89510

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9A30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B18F84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49a28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 154, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.129 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b76b',
    500: '#a49a28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49a28;
$custom-light: #c3b76b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49a28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.161,
    "s": 60.784,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67476,
    "c": 0.12928,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49A28

secondary

#666EC1

accent

#51E444

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49A28

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

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