#A49A2B#A49A2B
#A49A2B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.127 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #A49A2B |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(164, 154, 43) |
| HSL | hsl(55, 58%, 41%) |
| HSV | hsv(55, 74%, 64%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 73.8%, 35.7%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(62.66, -9.14, 56.02) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(62.66, 56.76, 99.27°) |
| OKLab | oklab(67.5% -0.031 0.1236) |
| OKLCH | oklch(67.5% 0.127 104.1) |
| XYZ | xyz(27.3027, 31.1792, 6.8651) |
| Luminance | 0.3118 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Vomit
#A2A415
ΔE00 4.47
Puke
#A5A502
ΔE00 4.81
Pea Soup
#929901
ΔE00 5.03
Brown Yellow
#B29705
ΔE00 5.46
Baby Poop Green
#8F9805
ΔE00 5.54
Baby Poo
#AB9004
ΔE00 5.81
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#A49A2B #2B35A4
analogous
#A45D2B #A49A2B #71A42B
triadic
#A49A2B #2BA49A #9A2BA4
tetradic
#A49A2B #2BA45D #2B35A4 #A42B71
square
#A49A2B #2BA45D #2B35A4 #A42B71
split-complementary
#A49A2B #2B71A4 #5D2BA4
monochromatic
#433F12 #746C1E #A49A2B #CDC13F #D9D170
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.90
#A49A2B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
7.24
#A49A2B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #A49A2B
7.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##A49A2B | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##A49A2B | 1.00 | 2.90 | 7.24 | 7.24 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.90 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 7.24 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 7.24 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#A89517
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#AB9A33
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B18F84
Achromatopsia (no color)
#989898
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #a49a2b; /* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 154, 43); /* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.127 104.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c2b76d',
500: '#a49a2b',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #a49a2b; $custom-light: #c2b76d; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#a49a2b",
"rgb": {
"r": 164,
"g": 154,
"b": 43
},
"hsl": {
"h": 55.041,
"s": 58.454,
"l": 40.588
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.67496,
"c": 0.12747,
"h": 104.1
},
"luminance": 0.31178
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#A49A2B
secondary
#6A71C1
accent
#53E246
background
#FCFBF6
surface
#F8F6EC
border
#D1D0C7
text
#131107
muted
#82807A