#A49C21#A49C21

#A49C21 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.135 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49C21
RGB	rgb(164, 156, 33)
HSL	hsl(56, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(56, 80%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 79.9%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.16, -10.61, 59.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.16, 60.78, 100.06°)
OKLab	oklab(67.88% -0.0361 0.1299)
OKLCH	oklch(67.88% 0.135 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.4740, 31.7803, 6.1256)
Luminance	0.3178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49C21 #2129A4

analogous

#A45A21 #A49C21 #6AA421

triadic

#A49C21 #21A49C #9C21A4

tetradic

#A49C21 #21A45A #2129A4 #A4216A

square

#A49C21 #21A45A #2129A4 #A4216A

split-complementary

#A49C21 #216AA4 #5A21A4

monochromatic

#3E3B0C #716C17 #A49C21 #D5CB2D #DFD760

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#A49C21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.36

#A49C21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49C21

7.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49C21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49C21	1.00	2.85	7.36	7.36
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9B2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B19185

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49c21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 156, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.135 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b868',
    500: '#a49c21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49c21;
$custom-light: #c3b868;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49c21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.336,
    "s": 66.497,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67879,
    "c": 0.1348,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49C21

secondary

#5D63C4

accent

#49E93E

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49C21

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

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