#A49E28#A49E28

#A49E28 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.133 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49E28
RGB	rgb(164, 158, 40)
HSL	hsl(57, 61%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(57, 76%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 75.6%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.75, -11.39, 58.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.75, 59.23, 101.09°)
OKLab	oklab(68.36% -0.0376 0.1275)
OKLCH	oklch(68.36% 0.133 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.9208, 32.5005, 6.8095)
Luminance	0.3250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49E28 #282EA4

analogous

#A46028 #A49E28 #6CA428

triadic

#A49E28 #28A49E #9E28A4

tetradic

#A49E28 #28A460 #282EA4 #A4286C

square

#A49E28 #28A460 #282EA4 #A4286C

split-complementary

#A49E28 #286CA4 #6028A4

monochromatic

#423F10 #736F1C #A49E28 #CFC83A #DBD66B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#A49E28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.50

#A49E28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49E28

7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49E28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49E28	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)

#AC980E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9D31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B09388

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49e28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 158, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.133 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3ba6c',
    500: '#a49e28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49e28;
$custom-light: #c3ba6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49e28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.097,
    "s": 60.784,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68363,
    "c": 0.13298,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49E28

secondary

#666BC1

accent

#4CE444

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49E28

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

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