#A49E2D#A49E2D

#A49E2D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.130 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49E2D
RGB	rgb(164, 158, 45)
HSL	hsl(57, 57%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(57, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 72.6%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.78, -11.16, 56.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.78, 57.45, 101.20°)
OKLab	oklab(68.4% -0.0365 0.1247)
OKLCH	oklch(68.4% 0.13 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.0115, 32.5367, 7.2868)
Luminance	0.3254 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49E2D #2D33A4

analogous

#A4622D #A49E2D #6EA42D

triadic

#A49E2D #2DA49E #9E2DA4

tetradic

#A49E2D #2DA462 #2D33A4 #A42D6E

square

#A49E2D #2DA462 #2D33A4 #A42D6E

split-complementary

#A49E2D #2D6EA4 #622DA4

monochromatic

#444113 #747020 #A49E2D #CBC443 #D9D373

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#A49E2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.51

#A49E2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49E2D

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49E2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49E2D	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)

#AC9819

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9D35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B09388

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49e2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 158, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.130 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2ba6e',
    500: '#a49e2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49e2d;
$custom-light: #c2ba6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49e2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.975,
    "s": 56.938,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68396,
    "c": 0.12997,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49E2D

secondary

#6D71C0

accent

#4FE048

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49E2D

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

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