#A49E2A#A49E2A

#A49E2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.132 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49E2A
RGB	rgb(164, 158, 42)
HSL	hsl(57, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(57, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 74.4%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.77, -11.30, 57.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.77, 58.53, 101.13°)
OKLab	oklab(68.38% -0.0372 0.1265)
OKLCH	oklch(68.38% 0.132 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.9558, 32.5144, 6.9934)
Luminance	0.3251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49E2A #2A30A4

analogous

#A4612A #A49E2A #6DA42A

triadic

#A49E2A #2AA49E #9E2AA4

tetradic

#A49E2A #2AA461 #2A30A4 #A42A6D

square

#A49E2A #2AA461 #2A30A4 #A42A6D

split-complementary

#A49E2A #2A6DA4 #612AA4

monochromatic

#434011 #736F1E #A49E2A #CDC63E #DAD56E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#A49E2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.50

#A49E2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49E2A

7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49E2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49E2A	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)

#AC9813

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9D33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B09388

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49e2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 158, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.132 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2ba6c',
    500: '#a49e2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49e2a;
$custom-light: #c2ba6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49e2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.049,
    "s": 59.223,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68376,
    "c": 0.13182,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49E2A

secondary

#696DC1

accent

#4DE245

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49E2A

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

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