#A49D2E#A49D2E

#A49D2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.128 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49D2E
RGB	rgb(164, 157, 46)
HSL	hsl(56, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(56, 72%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 72%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.51, -10.58, 55.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.51, 56.71, 100.75°)
OKLab	oklab(68.18% -0.0348 0.1236)
OKLCH	oklch(68.18% 0.128 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.8611, 32.2047, 7.3328)
Luminance	0.3220 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49D2E #2E35A4

analogous

#A4622E #A49D2E #70A42E

triadic

#A49D2E #2EA49D #9D2EA4

tetradic

#A49D2E #2EA462 #2E35A4 #A42E70

square

#A49D2E #2EA462 #2E35A4 #A42E70

split-complementary

#A49D2E #2E70A4 #622EA4

monochromatic

#444113 #746F21 #A49D2E #CBC345 #D8D274

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#A49D2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.44

#A49D2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49D2E

7.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49D2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49D2E	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)

#AB971B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B09287

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49d2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 157, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.128 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b96e',
    500: '#a49d2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49d2e;
$custom-light: #c2b96e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49d2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.441,
    "s": 56.19,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68182,
    "c": 0.12837,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32204
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49D2E

secondary

#6E73C0

accent

#51DF48

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49D2E

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

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