#A49C2A#A49C2A

#A49C2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.130 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49C2A
RGB	rgb(164, 156, 42)
HSL	hsl(56, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(56, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 74.4%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.21, -10.25, 56.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.21, 57.82, 100.21°)
OKLab	oklab(67.93% -0.0342 0.1253)
OKLCH	oklch(67.93% 0.13 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.6174, 31.8377, 6.8806)
Luminance	0.3184 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49C2A #2A32A4

analogous

#A45F2A #A49C2A #6FA42A

triadic

#A49C2A #2AA49C #9C2AA4

tetradic

#A49C2A #2AA45F #2A32A4 #A42A6F

square

#A49C2A #2AA45F #2A32A4 #A42A6F

split-complementary

#A49C2A #2A6FA4 #5F2AA4

monochromatic

#433F11 #736E1E #A49C2A #CDC43E #DAD36E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#A49C2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.37

#A49C2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49C2A

7.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49C2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49C2A	1.00	2.85	7.37	7.37
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9614

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9B32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B09186

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49c2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 156, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.130 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b86c',
    500: '#a49c2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49c2a;
$custom-light: #c2b86c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49c2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.066,
    "s": 59.223,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67932,
    "c": 0.12993,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49C2A

secondary

#696FC1

accent

#50E245

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49C2A

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

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