#A49D2F#A49D2F
#A49D2F 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 | #A49D2F |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(164, 157, 47) |
| HSL | hsl(56, 55%, 41%) |
| HSV | hsv(56, 71%, 64%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 71.3%, 35.7%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(63.52, -10.53, 55.34) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(63.52, 56.34, 100.77°) |
| OKLab | oklab(68.19% -0.0345 0.123) |
| OKLCH | oklch(68.19% 0.128 105.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(27.8810, 32.2127, 7.4378) |
| Luminance | 0.3221 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Vomit
#A2A415
ΔE00 3.64
Puke
#A5A502
ΔE00 4.14
Pea Soup
#929901
ΔE00 4.69
Baby Poop Green
#8F9805
ΔE00 5.19
Brown Yellow
#B29705
ΔE00 6.38
Pea Soup Green
#94A617
ΔE00 6.49
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#A49D2F #2F36A4
analogous
#A4632F #A49D2F #71A42F
triadic
#A49D2F #2FA49D #9D2FA4
tetradic
#A49D2F #2FA463 #2F36A4 #A42F71
square
#A49D2F #2FA463 #2F36A4 #A42F71
split-complementary
#A49D2F #2F71A4 #632FA4
monochromatic
#454214 #746F21 #A49D2F #CAC246 #D8D276
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.82
#A49D2F on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
7.44
#A49D2F on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #A49D2F
7.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##A49D2F | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##A49D2F | 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)
#AB971D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#AD9C37
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B09287
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9A9A9A
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #a49d2f; /* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 157, 47); /* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.128 105.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c2b96f',
500: '#a49d2f',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #a49d2f; $custom-light: #c2b96f; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#a49d2f",
"rgb": {
"r": 164,
"g": 157,
"b": 47
},
"hsl": {
"h": 56.41,
"s": 55.45,
"l": 41.373
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.68189,
"c": 0.12772,
"h": 105.7
},
"luminance": 0.32212
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#A49D2F
secondary
#6F74C0
accent
#52DF49
background
#FCFBF6
surface
#F8F6EC
border
#D1D0C7
text
#131108
muted
#82807B