#A49B2C#A49B2C

#A49B2C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.128 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49B2C
RGB	rgb(164, 155, 44)
HSL	hsl(56, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(56, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 73.2%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.94, -9.62, 55.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.94, 56.74, 99.76°)
OKLab	oklab(67.72% -0.0323 0.1236)
OKLCH	oklch(67.72% 0.128 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.4870, 31.5181, 7.0181)
Luminance	0.3152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49B2C #2C35A4

analogous

#A45F2C #A49B2C #71A42C

triadic

#A49B2C #2CA49B #9B2CA4

tetradic

#A49B2C #2CA45F #2C35A4 #A42C71

square

#A49B2C #2CA45F #2C35A4 #A42C71

split-complementary

#A49B2C #2C71A4 #5F2CA4

monochromatic

#434012 #746D1F #A49B2C #CCC241 #D9D171

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#A49B2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.30

#A49B2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49B2C

7.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49B2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49B2C	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)

#A99518

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9B34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B09085

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49b2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 155, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.128 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b86d',
    500: '#a49b2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49b2c;
$custom-light: #c2b86d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49b2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.5,
    "s": 57.692,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67724,
    "c": 0.12777,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49B2C

secondary

#6B72C0

accent

#52E147

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49B2C

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

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