#A49C28#A49C28

#A49C28 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.131 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49C28
RGB	rgb(164, 156, 40)
HSL	hsl(56, 61%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(56, 76%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 75.6%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.20, -10.34, 57.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.20, 58.52, 100.17°)
OKLab	oklab(67.92% -0.0347 0.1264)
OKLCH	oklch(67.92% 0.131 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.5825, 31.8237, 6.6968)
Luminance	0.3182 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49C28 #2830A4

analogous

#A45E28 #A49C28 #6EA428

triadic

#A49C28 #28A49C #9C28A4

tetradic

#A49C28 #28A45E #2830A4 #A4286E

square

#A49C28 #28A45E #2830A4 #A4286E

split-complementary

#A49C28 #286EA4 #5E28A4

monochromatic

#423E10 #736D1C #A49C28 #CFC53A #DBD46B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#A49C28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.36

#A49C28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49C28

7.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49C28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49C28	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)

#AA960F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9B31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B09186

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49c28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 156, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.131 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b86b',
    500: '#a49c28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49c28;
$custom-light: #c3b86b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49c28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.129,
    "s": 60.784,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67919,
    "c": 0.1311,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31823
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49C28

secondary

#666CC1

accent

#4EE444

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49C28

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

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