#A49F21#A49F21

#A49F21 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.138 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49F21
RGB	rgb(164, 159, 33)
HSL	hsl(58, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(58, 80%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 79.9%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.00, -12.19, 60.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.00, 61.81, 101.38°)
OKLab	oklab(68.55% -0.0405 0.1315)
OKLCH	oklch(68.55% 0.138 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.9837, 32.7996, 6.2955)
Luminance	0.3280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49F21 #2126A4

analogous

#A45D21 #A49F21 #67A421

triadic

#A49F21 #21A49F #9F21A4

tetradic

#A49F21 #21A45D #2126A4 #A42167

square

#A49F21 #21A45D #2126A4 #A42167

split-complementary

#A49F21 #2167A4 #5D21A4

monochromatic

#3E3C0C #716E17 #A49F21 #D5CE2D #DFDA60

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#A49F21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.56

#A49F21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49F21

7.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49F21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49F21	1.00	2.78	7.56	7.56
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9900

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B09488

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49f21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 159, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.138 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bb68',
    500: '#a49f21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49f21;
$custom-light: #c3bb68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49f21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.71,
    "s": 66.497,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68547,
    "c": 0.13756,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49F21

secondary

#5D61C4

accent

#45E93E

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49F21

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

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