#A49F23#A49F23

#A49F23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.137 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49F23
RGB	rgb(164, 159, 35)
HSL	hsl(58, 65%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(58, 79%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 78.7%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.01, -12.12, 59.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.01, 61.20, 101.42°)
OKLab	oklab(68.56% -0.0401 0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(68.56% 0.137 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.0125, 32.8111, 6.4474)
Luminance	0.3281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49F23 #2328A4

analogous

#A45F23 #A49F23 #69A423

triadic

#A49F23 #23A49F #9F23A4

tetradic

#A49F23 #23A45F #2328A4 #A42369

square

#A49F23 #23A45F #2328A4 #A42369

split-complementary

#A49F23 #2369A4 #5F23A4

monochromatic

#3F3D0D #726E18 #A49F23 #D3CD31 #DED964

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#A49F23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.56

#A49F23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49F23

7.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49F23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49F23	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)

#AF9D2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B09488

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49f23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 159, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.137 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bb69',
    500: '#a49f23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49f23;
$custom-light: #c3bb69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49f23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.674,
    "s": 64.824,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68557,
    "c": 0.13659,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3281
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49F23

secondary

#6064C3

accent

#47E840

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49F23

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

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