#A49E2F#A49E2F

#A49E2F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.129 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49E2F
RGB	rgb(164, 158, 47)
HSL	hsl(57, 55%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(57, 71%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 71.3%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.80, -11.06, 55.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.80, 56.71, 101.25°)
OKLab	oklab(68.41% -0.036 0.1235)
OKLCH	oklch(68.41% 0.129 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.0509, 32.5525, 7.4944)
Luminance	0.3255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49E2F #2F35A4

analogous

#A4642F #A49E2F #70A42F

triadic

#A49E2F #2FA49E #9E2FA4

tetradic

#A49E2F #2FA464 #2F35A4 #A42F70

square

#A49E2F #2FA464 #2F35A4 #A42F70

split-complementary

#A49E2F #2F70A4 #642FA4

monochromatic

#454214 #747021 #A49E2F #CAC346 #D8D376

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#A49E2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.51

#A49E2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49E2F

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49E2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49E2F	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)

#AC981D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9D37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B09388

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49e2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 158, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.129 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2ba6f',
    500: '#a49e2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49e2f;
$custom-light: #c2ba6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49e2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.923,
    "s": 55.45,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68411,
    "c": 0.12868,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49E2F

secondary

#6F73C0

accent

#51DF49

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49E2F

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

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