#A49C2E#A49C2E

#A49C2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.127 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49C2E
RGB	rgb(164, 156, 46)
HSL	hsl(56, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(56, 72%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 72%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.23, -10.05, 55.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.23, 56.35, 100.28°)
OKLab	oklab(67.96% -0.0333 0.123)
OKLCH	oklch(67.96% 0.127 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.6926, 31.8678, 7.2766)
Luminance	0.3187 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49C2E #2E36A4

analogous

#A4612E #A49C2E #71A42E

triadic

#A49C2E #2EA49C #9C2EA4

tetradic

#A49C2E #2EA461 #2E36A4 #A42E71

square

#A49C2E #2EA461 #2E36A4 #A42E71

split-complementary

#A49C2E #2E71A4 #612EA4

monochromatic

#444113 #746F21 #A49C2E #CBC245 #D8D174

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#A49C2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.37

#A49C2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49C2E

7.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49C2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49C2E	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)

#AA961C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9B36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B09186

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49c2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 156, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.127 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b86e',
    500: '#a49c2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49c2e;
$custom-light: #c2b86e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49c2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.932,
    "s": 56.19,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6796,
    "c": 0.12742,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31867
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49C2E

secondary

#6E74C0

accent

#53DF48

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49C2E

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

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