#A49F2E#A49F2E

#A49F2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.130 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49F2E
RGB	rgb(164, 159, 46)
HSL	hsl(57, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(57, 72%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 72%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.07, -11.63, 56.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.07, 57.45, 101.68°)
OKLab	oklab(68.63% -0.0377 0.1247)
OKLCH	oklch(68.63% 0.13 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.2022, 32.8870, 7.4465)
Luminance	0.3289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49F2E #2E33A4

analogous

#A4642E #A49F2E #6EA42E

triadic

#A49F2E #2EA49F #9F2EA4

tetradic

#A49F2E #2EA464 #2E33A4 #A42E6E

square

#A49F2E #2EA464 #2E33A4 #A42E6E

split-complementary

#A49F2E #2E6EA4 #642EA4

monochromatic

#444213 #747121 #A49F2E #CBC545 #D8D474

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#A49F2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.58

#A49F2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49F2E

7.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49F2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49F2E	1.00	2.77	7.58	7.58
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD991A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B09489

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49f2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 159, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.130 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2bb6f',
    500: '#a49f2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49f2e;
$custom-light: #c2bb6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49f2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.458,
    "s": 56.19,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68626,
    "c": 0.1303,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49F2E

secondary

#6E71C0

accent

#4FDF48

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49F2E

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

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