#A49B33#A49B33

#A49B33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.123 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49B33
RGB	rgb(164, 155, 51)
HSL	hsl(55, 53%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(55, 69%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 68.9%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.99, -9.26, 53.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.99, 54.03, 99.86°)
OKLab	oklab(67.78% -0.0305 0.1192)
OKLCH	oklch(67.78% 0.123 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.6298, 31.5753, 7.7706)
Luminance	0.3157 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49B33 #333CA4

analogous

#A46233 #A49B33 #75A433

triadic

#A49B33 #33A49B #9B33A4

tetradic

#A49B33 #33A462 #333CA4 #A43375

square

#A49B33 #33A462 #333CA4 #A43375

split-complementary

#A49B33 #3375A4 #6233A4

monochromatic

#474316 #756F24 #A49B33 #C8BE4D #D6CF7B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#A49B33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.31

#A49B33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49B33

7.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49B33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49B33	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)

#A99624

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9B3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B09086

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49b33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 155, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.123 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b871',
    500: '#a49b33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49b33;
$custom-light: #c2b871;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49b33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.221,
    "s": 52.558,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67777,
    "c": 0.12306,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49B33

secondary

#747ABF

accent

#57DC4C

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49B33

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

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