#A49C2B#A49C2B

#A49C2B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.129 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49C2B
RGB	rgb(164, 156, 43)
HSL	hsl(56, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(56, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 73.8%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.21, -10.20, 56.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.21, 57.46, 100.22°)
OKLab	oklab(67.94% -0.034 0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(67.94% 0.129 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.6355, 31.8449, 6.9760)
Luminance	0.3184 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49C2B #2B33A4

analogous

#A45F2B #A49C2B #6FA42B

triadic

#A49C2B #2BA49C #9C2BA4

tetradic

#A49C2B #2BA45F #2B33A4 #A42B6F

square

#A49C2B #2BA45F #2B33A4 #A42B6F

split-complementary

#A49C2B #2B6FA4 #5F2BA4

monochromatic

#434012 #746E1E #A49C2B #CDC33F #D9D370

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#A49C2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.37

#A49C2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49C2B

7.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49C2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49C2B	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)

#AA9616

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9B33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B09186

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49c2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 156, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.129 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b86d',
    500: '#a49c2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49c2b;
$custom-light: #c2b86d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49c2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.033,
    "s": 58.454,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67939,
    "c": 0.12932,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49C2B

secondary

#6A70C1

accent

#50E246

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49C2B

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

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