#A49E27#A49E27

#A49E27 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.134 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49E27
RGB	rgb(164, 158, 39)
HSL	hsl(57, 62%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(57, 76%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 76.2%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.75, -11.43, 58.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.75, 59.56, 101.07°)
OKLab	oklab(68.36% -0.0378 0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(68.36% 0.134 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.9041, 32.4937, 6.7211)
Luminance	0.3249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49E27 #272DA4

analogous

#A46027 #A49E27 #6CA427

triadic

#A49E27 #27A49E #9E27A4

tetradic

#A49E27 #27A460 #272DA4 #A4276C

square

#A49E27 #27A460 #272DA4 #A4276C

split-complementary

#A49E27 #276CA4 #6027A4

monochromatic

#413F0F #736E1B #A49E27 #D0C938 #DCD66A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#A49E27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.50

#A49E27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49E27

7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49E27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49E27	1.00	2.80	7.50	7.50
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC980B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B09388

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49e27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 158, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.134 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3ba6b',
    500: '#a49e27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49e27;
$custom-light: #c3ba6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49e27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.12,
    "s": 61.576,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68357,
    "c": 0.13354,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49E27

secondary

#6569C2

accent

#4BE543

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49E27

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

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