#A49E2C#A49E2C

#A49E2C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.131 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49E2C
RGB	rgb(164, 158, 44)
HSL	hsl(57, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(57, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 73.2%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.78, -11.21, 56.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.78, 57.82, 101.18°)
OKLab	oklab(68.39% -0.0367 0.1253)
OKLCH	oklch(68.39% 0.131 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.9924, 32.5291, 7.1866)
Luminance	0.3253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49E2C #2C32A4

analogous

#A4622C #A49E2C #6EA42C

triadic

#A49E2C #2CA49E #9E2CA4

tetradic

#A49E2C #2CA462 #2C32A4 #A42C6E

square

#A49E2C #2CA462 #2C32A4 #A42C6E

split-complementary

#A49E2C #2C6EA4 #622CA4

monochromatic

#434112 #74701F #A49E2C #CCC541 #D9D471

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#A49E2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.51

#A49E2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49E2C

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49E2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49E2C	1.00	2.80	7.51	7.51
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9817

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9D34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B09388

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49e2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 158, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.131 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2ba6d',
    500: '#a49e2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49e2c;
$custom-light: #c2ba6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49e2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57,
    "s": 57.692,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68389,
    "c": 0.1306,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49E2C

secondary

#6B70C0

accent

#4FE147

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49E2C

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

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