#A49D2D#A49D2D

#A49D2D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.129 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49D2D
RGB	rgb(164, 157, 45)
HSL	hsl(56, 57%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(56, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 72.6%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.51, -10.63, 56.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.51, 57.09, 100.73°)
OKLab	oklab(68.17% -0.035 0.1242)
OKLCH	oklch(68.17% 0.129 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.8416, 32.1969, 7.2302)
Luminance	0.3220 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49D2D #2D34A4

analogous

#A4612D #A49D2D #6FA42D

triadic

#A49D2D #2DA49D #9D2DA4

tetradic

#A49D2D #2DA461 #2D34A4 #A42D6F

square

#A49D2D #2DA461 #2D34A4 #A42D6F

split-complementary

#A49D2D #2D6FA4 #612DA4

monochromatic

#444113 #746F20 #A49D2D #CBC343 #D9D373

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#A49D2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.44

#A49D2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49D2D

7.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49D2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49D2D	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)

#AB9719

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B09287

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49d2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 157, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.129 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b96e',
    500: '#a49d2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49d2d;
$custom-light: #c2b96e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49d2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.471,
    "s": 56.938,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68174,
    "c": 0.12901,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49D2D

secondary

#6D72C0

accent

#51E048

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49D2D

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

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