#A49B2E#A49B2E

#A49B2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.126 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49B2E
RGB	rgb(164, 155, 46)
HSL	hsl(55, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(55, 72%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 72%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.96, -9.52, 55.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.96, 55.99, 99.79°)
OKLab	oklab(67.74% -0.0318 0.1224)
OKLCH	oklch(67.74% 0.126 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.5255, 31.5335, 7.2209)
Luminance	0.3153 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49B2E #2E37A4

analogous

#A4602E #A49B2E #72A42E

triadic

#A49B2E #2EA49B #9B2EA4

tetradic

#A49B2E #2EA460 #2E37A4 #A42E72

square

#A49B2E #2EA460 #2E37A4 #A42E72

split-complementary

#A49B2E #2E72A4 #602EA4

monochromatic

#444113 #746E21 #A49B2E #CBC045 #D8D074

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#A49B2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.31

#A49B2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49B2E

7.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49B2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49B2E	1.00	2.87	7.31	7.31
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9961C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9B35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B09086

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49b2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 155, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.126 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b86e',
    500: '#a49b2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49b2e;
$custom-light: #c2b86e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49b2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.424,
    "s": 56.19,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67739,
    "c": 0.12649,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49B2E

secondary

#6E74C0

accent

#54DF48

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49B2E

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

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