#A49A29#A49A29

#A49A29 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	#A49A29
RGB	rgb(164, 154, 41)
HSL	hsl(55, 60%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(55, 75%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 75%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.65, -9.23, 56.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.65, 57.48, 99.24°)
OKLab	oklab(67.48% -0.0315 0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(67.48% 0.129 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.2669, 31.1649, 6.6765)
Luminance	0.3116 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49A29 #2933A4

analogous

#A45C29 #A49A29 #70A429

triadic

#A49A29 #29A49A #9A29A4

tetradic

#A49A29 #29A45C #2933A4 #A42970

square

#A49A29 #29A45C #2933A4 #A42970

split-complementary

#A49A29 #2970A4 #5C29A4

monochromatic

#423E11 #736C1D #A49A29 #CEC23C #DAD26D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#A49A29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.23

#A49A29 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49A29

7.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49A29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49A29	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)

#A89513

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9A31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B18F84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49a29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 154, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.129 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b76c',
    500: '#a49a29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49a29;
$custom-light: #c3b76c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49a29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.122,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67483,
    "c": 0.12869,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49A29

secondary

#686FC1

accent

#52E345

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49A29

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

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