#A49D2B#A49D2B

#A49D2B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.130 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49D2B
RGB	rgb(164, 157, 43)
HSL	hsl(57, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(57, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 73.8%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.49, -10.73, 56.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.49, 57.82, 100.69°)
OKLab	oklab(68.16% -0.0355 0.1253)
OKLCH	oklch(68.16% 0.13 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.8040, 32.1819, 7.0322)
Luminance	0.3218 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49D2B #2B32A4

analogous

#A4602B #A49D2B #6EA42B

triadic

#A49D2B #2BA49D #9D2BA4

tetradic

#A49D2B #2BA460 #2B32A4 #A42B6E

square

#A49D2B #2BA460 #2B32A4 #A42B6E

split-complementary

#A49D2B #2B6EA4 #602BA4

monochromatic

#434012 #746F1E #A49D2B #CDC53F #D9D370

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#A49D2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.44

#A49D2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49D2B

7.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49D2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49D2B	1.00	2.82	7.44	7.44
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9715

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B09287

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49d2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 157, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.130 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b96d',
    500: '#a49d2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49d2b;
$custom-light: #c2b96d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49d2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.529,
    "s": 58.454,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68161,
    "c": 0.13026,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49D2B

secondary

#6A6FC1

accent

#4FE246

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49D2B

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

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