#A49D2A#A49D2A

#A49D2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.131 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49D2A
RGB	rgb(164, 157, 42)
HSL	hsl(57, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(57, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 74.4%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.49, -10.77, 57.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.49, 58.17, 100.67°)
OKLab	oklab(68.15% -0.0357 0.1259)
OKLCH	oklch(68.15% 0.131 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.7859, 32.1747, 6.9367)
Luminance	0.3217 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49D2A #2A31A4

analogous

#A4602A #A49D2A #6EA42A

triadic

#A49D2A #2AA49D #9D2AA4

tetradic

#A49D2A #2AA460 #2A31A4 #A42A6E

square

#A49D2A #2AA460 #2A31A4 #A42A6E

split-complementary

#A49D2A #2A6EA4 #602AA4

monochromatic

#434011 #736E1E #A49D2A #CDC53E #DAD46E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#A49D2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.43

#A49D2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49D2A

7.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49D2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49D2A	1.00	2.82	7.43	7.43
#FFFFFF	2.82	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)

#AB9713

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B09287

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49d2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 157, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.131 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b96c',
    500: '#a49d2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49d2a;
$custom-light: #c2b96c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49d2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.557,
    "s": 59.223,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68154,
    "c": 0.13087,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49D2A

secondary

#696EC1

accent

#4EE245

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49D2A

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

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