#A49D27#A49D27

#A49D27 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.133 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49D27
RGB	rgb(164, 157, 39)
HSL	hsl(57, 62%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(57, 76%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 76.2%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.47, -10.91, 58.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.47, 59.21, 100.61°)
OKLab	oklab(68.14% -0.0364 0.1275)
OKLCH	oklch(68.14% 0.133 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.7342, 32.1540, 6.6645)
Luminance	0.3215 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49D27 #272EA4

analogous

#A45F27 #A49D27 #6DA427

triadic

#A49D27 #27A49D #9D27A4

tetradic

#A49D27 #27A45F #272EA4 #A4276D

square

#A49D27 #27A45F #272EA4 #A4276D

split-complementary

#A49D27 #276DA4 #5F27A4

monochromatic

#413E0F #736E1B #A49D27 #D0C738 #DCD56A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#A49D27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.43

#A49D27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49D27

7.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49D27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49D27	1.00	2.83	7.43	7.43
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB970C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B09287

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49d27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 157, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.133 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b96b',
    500: '#a49d27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49d27;
$custom-light: #c3b96b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49d27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.64,
    "s": 61.576,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68135,
    "c": 0.1326,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49D27

secondary

#656AC2

accent

#4CE543

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49D27

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

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