#A49B28#A49B28

#A49B28 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.130 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49B28
RGB	rgb(164, 155, 40)
HSL	hsl(56, 61%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(56, 76%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 75.6%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.92, -9.81, 57.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.92, 58.17, 99.70°)
OKLab	oklab(67.7% -0.0332 0.1259)
OKLCH	oklch(67.7% 0.13 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.4154, 31.4895, 6.6411)
Luminance	0.3149 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49B28 #2831A4

analogous

#A45D28 #A49B28 #6FA428

triadic

#A49B28 #28A49B #9B28A4

tetradic

#A49B28 #28A45D #2831A4 #A4286F

square

#A49B28 #28A45D #2831A4 #A4286F

split-complementary

#A49B28 #286FA4 #5D28A4

monochromatic

#423E10 #736C1C #A49B28 #CFC43A #DBD36B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#A49B28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.30

#A49B28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49B28

7.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49B28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49B28	1.00	2.88	7.30	7.30
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99510

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9A31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B19085

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49b28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 155, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.130 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b86b',
    500: '#a49b28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49b28;
$custom-light: #c3b86b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49b28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.645,
    "s": 60.784,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67698,
    "c": 0.13018,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49B28

secondary

#666DC1

accent

#50E444

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49B28

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

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