#A49E23#A49E23

#A49E23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.136 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49E23
RGB	rgb(164, 158, 35)
HSL	hsl(57, 65%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(57, 79%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 78.7%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.73, -11.59, 59.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.73, 60.85, 100.98°)
OKLab	oklab(68.33% -0.0386 0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(68.33% 0.136 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.8412, 32.4686, 6.3903)
Luminance	0.3247 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49E23 #2329A4

analogous

#A45E23 #A49E23 #6AA423

triadic

#A49E23 #23A49E #9E23A4

tetradic

#A49E23 #23A45E #2329A4 #A4236A

square

#A49E23 #23A45E #2329A4 #A4236A

split-complementary

#A49E23 #236AA4 #5E23A4

monochromatic

#3F3D0D #726D18 #A49E23 #D3CC31 #DED864

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#A49E23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.49

#A49E23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49E23

7.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49E23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49E23	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)

#AF9C2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B09387

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49e23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 158, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.136 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3ba69',
    500: '#a49e23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49e23;
$custom-light: #c3ba69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49e23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.209,
    "s": 64.824,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68334,
    "c": 0.13565,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49E23

secondary

#6064C3

accent

#48E840

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49E23

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

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