#A49A33#A49A33

#A49A33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.122 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49A33
RGB	rgb(164, 154, 51)
HSL	hsl(55, 53%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(55, 69%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 68.9%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.71, -8.72, 52.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.71, 53.66, 99.36°)
OKLab	oklab(67.56% -0.029 0.1186)
OKLCH	oklch(67.56% 0.122 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.4641, 31.2438, 7.7153)
Luminance	0.3124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49A33 #333DA4

analogous

#A46133 #A49A33 #76A433

triadic

#A49A33 #33A49A #9A33A4

tetradic

#A49A33 #33A461 #333DA4 #A43376

square

#A49A33 #33A461 #333DA4 #A43376

split-complementary

#A49A33 #3376A4 #6133A4

monochromatic

#474216 #756E24 #A49A33 #C8BD4D #D6CE7B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#A49A33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.25

#A49A33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49A33

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49A33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49A33	1.00	2.90	7.25	7.25
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89524

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9A39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B08F85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49a33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 154, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.122 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b771',
    500: '#a49a33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49a33;
$custom-light: #c2b771;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49a33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.69,
    "s": 52.558,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67557,
    "c": 0.12211,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49A33

secondary

#747BBF

accent

#59DC4C

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49A33

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

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