#A49D2C#A49D2C

#A49D2C 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	#A49D2C
RGB	rgb(164, 157, 44)
HSL	hsl(57, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(57, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 73.2%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.50, -10.68, 56.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.50, 57.46, 100.71°)
OKLab	oklab(68.17% -0.0352 0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(68.17% 0.13 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.8226, 32.1893, 7.1300)
Luminance	0.3219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49D2C #2C33A4

analogous

#A4612C #A49D2C #6FA42C

triadic

#A49D2C #2CA49D #9D2CA4

tetradic

#A49D2C #2CA461 #2C33A4 #A42C6F

square

#A49D2C #2CA461 #2C33A4 #A42C6F

split-complementary

#A49D2C #2C6FA4 #612CA4

monochromatic

#434112 #746F1F #A49D2C #CCC441 #D9D371

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#A49D2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.44

#A49D2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49D2C

7.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49D2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49D2C	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)

#AB9717

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B09287

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49d2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 157, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.130 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b96d',
    500: '#a49d2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49d2c;
$custom-light: #c2b96d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49d2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.5,
    "s": 57.692,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68167,
    "c": 0.12964,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49D2C

secondary

#6B70C0

accent

#50E147

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49D2C

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

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