#A49E33#A49E33

#A49E33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.126 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49E33
RGB	rgb(164, 158, 51)
HSL	hsl(57, 53%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(57, 69%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 68.9%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.82, -10.84, 54.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.82, 55.15, 101.34°)
OKLab	oklab(68.44% -0.035 0.121)
OKLCH	oklch(68.44% 0.126 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.1353, 32.5862, 7.9391)
Luminance	0.3258 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49E33 #3339A4

analogous

#A46633 #A49E33 #72A433

triadic

#A49E33 #33A49E #9E33A4

tetradic

#A49E33 #33A466 #3339A4 #A43372

square

#A49E33 #33A466 #3339A4 #A43372

split-complementary

#A49E33 #3372A4 #6633A4

monochromatic

#474416 #757124 #A49E33 #C8C14D #D6D17B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#A49E33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.52

#A49E33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49E33

7.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49E33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49E33	1.00	2.79	7.52	7.52
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9823

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9D3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B09489

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49e33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 158, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.126 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2ba71',
    500: '#a49e33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49e33;
$custom-light: #c2ba71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49e33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.814,
    "s": 52.558,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68442,
    "c": 0.12595,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49E33

secondary

#7478BF

accent

#53DC4C

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49E33

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

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