#A49D29#A49D29
#A49D29 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.131 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #A49D29 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(164, 157, 41) |
| HSL | hsl(57, 60%, 40%) |
| HSV | hsv(57, 75%, 64%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 75%, 35.7%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(63.48, -10.82, 57.52) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(63.48, 58.53, 100.65°) |
| OKLab | oklab(68.15% -0.0359 0.1265) |
| OKLCH | oklch(68.15% 0.131 105.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(27.7682, 32.1676, 6.8437) |
| Luminance | 0.3217 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Vomit
#A2A415
ΔE00 3.29
Puke
#A5A502
ΔE00 3.70
Pea Soup
#929901
ΔE00 4.44
Baby Poop Green
#8F9805
ΔE00 5.00
Brown Yellow
#B29705
ΔE00 6.15
Pea Soup Green
#94A617
ΔE00 6.38
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#A49D29 #2930A4
analogous
#A45F29 #A49D29 #6EA429
triadic
#A49D29 #29A49D #9D29A4
tetradic
#A49D29 #29A45F #2930A4 #A4296E
square
#A49D29 #29A45F #2930A4 #A4296E
split-complementary
#A49D29 #296EA4 #5F29A4
monochromatic
#423F11 #736E1D #A49D29 #CEC63C #DAD46D
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.83
#A49D29 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
7.43
#A49D29 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #A49D29
7.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##A49D29 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##A49D29 | 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)
#AB9711
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#AE9C32
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B09287
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9A9A9A
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #a49d29; /* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 157, 41); /* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.131 105.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c3b96c',
500: '#a49d29',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #a49d29; $custom-light: #c3b96c; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#a49d29",
"rgb": {
"r": 164,
"g": 157,
"b": 41
},
"hsl": {
"h": 56.585,
"s": 60,
"l": 40.196
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.68147,
"c": 0.13146,
"h": 105.9
},
"luminance": 0.32167
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#A49D29
secondary
#686DC1
accent
#4EE345
background
#FCFBF6
surface
#F8F6EC
border
#D1D0C7
text
#131107
muted
#82807A