#A49F28#A49F28
#A49F28 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 | #A49F28 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(164, 159, 40) |
| HSL | hsl(58, 61%, 40%) |
| HSV | hsv(58, 76%, 64%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 3%, 75.6%, 35.7%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(64.03, -11.92, 58.38) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(64.03, 59.58, 101.54°) |
| OKLab | oklab(68.59% -0.0391 0.1281) |
| OKLCH | oklch(68.59% 0.134 107) |
| XYZ | xyz(28.0921, 32.8430, 6.8666) |
| Luminance | 0.3284 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Vomit
#A2A415
ΔE00 2.56
Puke
#A5A502
ΔE00 3.05
Pea Soup
#929901
ΔE00 4.23
Baby Poop Green
#8F9805
ΔE00 4.81
Pea Soup Green
#94A617
ΔE00 5.72
Baby Shit Green
#889717
ΔE00 6.39
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#A49F28 #282DA4
analogous
#A46128 #A49F28 #6BA428
triadic
#A49F28 #28A49F #9F28A4
tetradic
#A49F28 #28A461 #282DA4 #A4286B
square
#A49F28 #28A461 #282DA4 #A4286B
split-complementary
#A49F28 #286BA4 #6128A4
monochromatic
#424010 #736F1C #A49F28 #CFC93A #DBD76B
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.77
#A49F28 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
7.57
#A49F28 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #A49F28
7.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##A49F28 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##A49F28 | 1.00 | 2.77 | 7.57 | 7.57 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.77 | 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)
#AD990D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#AF9D31
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B09488
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9B9B9B
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #a49f28; /* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 159, 40); /* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.134 107.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c3bb6c',
500: '#a49f28',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #a49f28; $custom-light: #c3bb6c; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#a49f28",
"rgb": {
"r": 164,
"g": 159,
"b": 40
},
"hsl": {
"h": 57.581,
"s": 60.784,
"l": 40
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.68586,
"c": 0.13392,
"h": 107
},
"luminance": 0.32842
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#A49F28
secondary
#666AC1
accent
#4AE444
background
#FCFBF6
surface
#F8F6EC
border
#D1D0C7
text
#131107
muted
#82807A