#A49E21#A49E21

#A49E21 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.137 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49E21
RGB	rgb(164, 158, 33)
HSL	hsl(57, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(57, 80%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 79.9%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.72, -11.67, 60.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.72, 61.46, 100.94°)
OKLab	oklab(68.32% -0.039 0.1309)
OKLCH	oklch(68.32% 0.137 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.8124, 32.4571, 6.2384)
Luminance	0.3246 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49E21 #2127A4

analogous

#A45C21 #A49E21 #68A421

triadic

#A49E21 #21A49E #9E21A4

tetradic

#A49E21 #21A45C #2127A4 #A42168

square

#A49E21 #21A45C #2127A4 #A42168

split-complementary

#A49E21 #2168A4 #5C21A4

monochromatic

#3E3C0C #716D17 #A49E21 #D5CD2D #DFD960

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#A49E21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.49

#A49E21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49E21

7.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49E21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49E21	1.00	2.80	7.49	7.49
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9800

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9C2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B19387

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49e21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 158, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.137 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3ba68',
    500: '#a49e21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49e21;
$custom-light: #c3ba68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49e21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.252,
    "s": 66.497,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68324,
    "c": 0.13663,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49E21

secondary

#5D62C4

accent

#46E93E

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49E21

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

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