#A49B2A#A49B2A

#A49B2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.129 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49B2A
RGB	rgb(164, 155, 42)
HSL	hsl(56, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(56, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 74.4%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.93, -9.72, 56.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.93, 57.47, 99.73°)
OKLab	oklab(67.71% -0.0327 0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(67.71% 0.129 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.4503, 31.5035, 6.8249)
Luminance	0.3150 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49B2A #2A33A4

analogous

#A45E2A #A49B2A #70A42A

triadic

#A49B2A #2AA49B #9B2AA4

tetradic

#A49B2A #2AA45E #2A33A4 #A42A70

square

#A49B2A #2AA45E #2A33A4 #A42A70

split-complementary

#A49B2A #2A70A4 #5E2AA4

monochromatic

#433F11 #736D1E #A49B2A #CDC33E #DAD26E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#A49B2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.30

#A49B2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49B2A

7.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49B2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49B2A	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)

#A99514

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9B32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B09085

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49b2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 155, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.129 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b86c',
    500: '#a49b2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49b2a;
$custom-light: #c2b86c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49b2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.574,
    "s": 59.223,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67711,
    "c": 0.129,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49B2A

secondary

#696FC1

accent

#51E245

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49B2A

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

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