#A49D33#A49D33

#A49D33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.125 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49D33
RGB	rgb(164, 157, 51)
HSL	hsl(56, 53%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(56, 69%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 68.9%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.55, -10.32, 53.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.55, 54.77, 100.86°)
OKLab	oklab(68.22% -0.0335 0.1204)
OKLCH	oklch(68.22% 0.125 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.9654, 32.2465, 7.8824)
Luminance	0.3225 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49D33 #333AA4

analogous

#A46433 #A49D33 #73A433

triadic

#A49D33 #33A49D #9D33A4

tetradic

#A49D33 #33A464 #333AA4 #A43373

square

#A49D33 #33A464 #333AA4 #A43373

split-complementary

#A49D33 #3373A4 #6433A4

monochromatic

#474416 #757024 #A49D33 #C8C04D #D6D07B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#A49D33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.45

#A49D33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49D33

7.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49D33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49D33	1.00	2.82	7.45	7.45
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9723

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B09388

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49d33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 157, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.125 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b971',
    500: '#a49d33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49d33;
$custom-light: #c2b971;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49d33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.283,
    "s": 52.558,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6822,
    "c": 0.12497,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49D33

secondary

#7479BF

accent

#55DC4C

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49D33

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

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