#A49A2E#A49A2E

#A49A2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.126 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49A2E
RGB	rgb(164, 154, 46)
HSL	hsl(55, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(55, 72%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 72%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.68, -8.99, 54.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.68, 55.64, 99.30°)
OKLab	oklab(67.52% -0.0303 0.1219)
OKLCH	oklch(67.52% 0.126 104)
XYZ	xyz(27.3597, 31.2021, 7.1657)
Luminance	0.3120 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49A2E #2E38A4

analogous

#A45F2E #A49A2E #73A42E

triadic

#A49A2E #2EA49A #9A2EA4

tetradic

#A49A2E #2EA45F #2E38A4 #A42E73

square

#A49A2E #2EA45F #2E38A4 #A42E73

split-complementary

#A49A2E #2E73A4 #5F2EA4

monochromatic

#444013 #746D21 #A49A2E #CBBF45 #D8D074

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#A49A2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.24

#A49A2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49A2E

7.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49A2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49A2E	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)

#A8951C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9A35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B08F85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49a2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 154, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.126 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b76e',
    500: '#a49a2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49a2e;
$custom-light: #c2b76e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49a2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.915,
    "s": 56.19,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67518,
    "c": 0.12556,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.31201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49A2E

secondary

#6E75C0

accent

#55DF48

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49A2E

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

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