#A49B2D#A49B2D

#A49B2D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.127 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49B2D
RGB	rgb(164, 155, 45)
HSL	hsl(55, 57%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(55, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 72.6%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.95, -9.57, 55.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.95, 56.37, 99.78°)
OKLab	oklab(67.73% -0.032 0.123)
OKLCH	oklch(67.73% 0.127 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.5060, 31.5257, 7.1183)
Luminance	0.3152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49B2D #2D36A4

analogous

#A45F2D #A49B2D #71A42D

triadic

#A49B2D #2DA49B #9B2DA4

tetradic

#A49B2D #2DA45F #2D36A4 #A42D71

square

#A49B2D #2DA45F #2D36A4 #A42D71

split-complementary

#A49B2D #2D71A4 #5F2DA4

monochromatic

#444013 #746E20 #A49B2D #CBC143 #D9D173

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#A49B2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.30

#A49B2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49B2D

7.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49B2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49B2D	1.00	2.87	7.30	7.30
#FFFFFF	2.87	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)

#A9961A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9B35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B09085

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49b2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 155, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.127 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b86e',
    500: '#a49b2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49b2d;
$custom-light: #c2b86e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49b2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.462,
    "s": 56.938,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67731,
    "c": 0.12713,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49B2D

secondary

#6D73C0

accent

#53E048

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49B2D

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

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