#A49D21#A49D21

#A49D21 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.136 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49D21
RGB	rgb(164, 157, 33)
HSL	hsl(57, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(57, 80%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 79.9%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.44, -11.14, 60.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.44, 61.12, 100.50°)
OKLab	oklab(68.1% -0.0376 0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(68.1% 0.136 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.6425, 32.1173, 6.1817)
Luminance	0.3212 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49D21 #2128A4

analogous

#A45B21 #A49D21 #69A421

triadic

#A49D21 #21A49D #9D21A4

tetradic

#A49D21 #21A45B #2128A4 #A42169

square

#A49D21 #21A45B #2128A4 #A42169

split-complementary

#A49D21 #2169A4 #5B21A4

monochromatic

#3E3B0C #716C17 #A49D21 #D5CC2D #DFD860

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#A49D21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.42

#A49D21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49D21

7.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49D21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49D21	1.00	2.83	7.42	7.42
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B19286

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49d21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 157, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.136 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b968',
    500: '#a49d21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49d21;
$custom-light: #c3b968;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49d21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.794,
    "s": 66.497,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68101,
    "c": 0.13571,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49D21

secondary

#5D62C4

accent

#48E93E

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49D21

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

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