#A49F27#A49F27

#A49F27 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.134 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49F27
RGB	rgb(164, 159, 39)
HSL	hsl(58, 62%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(58, 76%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 76.2%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.03, -11.96, 58.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.03, 59.92, 101.51°)
OKLab	oklab(68.58% -0.0393 0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(68.58% 0.134 107)
XYZ	xyz(28.0753, 32.8363, 6.7782)
Luminance	0.3283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49F27 #272CA4

analogous

#A46127 #A49F27 #6BA427

triadic

#A49F27 #27A49F #9F27A4

tetradic

#A49F27 #27A461 #272CA4 #A4276B

square

#A49F27 #27A461 #272CA4 #A4276B

split-complementary

#A49F27 #276BA4 #6127A4

monochromatic

#413F0F #736F1B #A49F27 #D0CA38 #DCD76A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#A49F27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.57

#A49F27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49F27

7.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49F27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49F27	1.00	2.78	7.57	7.57
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD990B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B09488

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49f27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 159, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.134 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bb6b',
    500: '#a49f27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49f27;
$custom-light: #c3bb6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49f27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.6,
    "s": 61.576,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6858,
    "c": 0.13449,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.32835
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49F27

secondary

#6569C2

accent

#4AE543

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49F27

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

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