#A49B21#A49B21

#A49B21 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.134 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49B21
RGB	rgb(164, 155, 33)
HSL	hsl(56, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(56, 80%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 79.9%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.88, -10.09, 59.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.88, 60.45, 99.60°)
OKLab	oklab(67.66% -0.0346 0.1294)
OKLCH	oklch(67.66% 0.134 105)
XYZ	xyz(27.3069, 31.4461, 6.0699)
Luminance	0.3145 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49B21 #212AA4

analogous

#A45921 #A49B21 #6BA421

triadic

#A49B21 #21A49B #9B21A4

tetradic

#A49B21 #21A459 #212AA4 #A4216B

square

#A49B21 #21A459 #212AA4 #A4216B

split-complementary

#A49B21 #216BA4 #5921A4

monochromatic

#3E3B0C #716B17 #A49B21 #D5C92D #DFD660

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#A49B21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.29

#A49B21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49B21

7.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49B21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49B21	1.00	2.88	7.29	7.29
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99500

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9A2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B19085

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49b21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 155, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.134 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b868',
    500: '#a49b21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49b21;
$custom-light: #c3b868;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49b21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.878,
    "s": 66.497,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67657,
    "c": 0.1339,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.31445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49B21

secondary

#5D64C4

accent

#4AE93E

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49B21

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

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