Information about #A49C08 color
Basic facts about this digital color
The color #A49C08 reads as a maximally vivid yellow and holds a balanced mid-tone. Designers typically reach for tones like this for bold branding moments and attention-grabbing details. In The Official Register of Color Names it is very close to Puke (#A5A502). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Strong Gold (#A89300) and Baby Poo (#AB9004).
In RGB terms — rgb(164, 156, 8) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. If you plan to put text on a #A49C08 background, choose black — the contrast ratio is 7.3:1 (passing WCAG AAA), while white manages only 2.9:1. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.
#A49C08 color variations
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#A49C08 color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#A49C08 color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#A49C08 color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#A49C08 color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#A49C08 color harmonies
Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.
Complementary
Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.
Split complementary
Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
Analogous
Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.
Triadic
Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.
Tetradic
Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Square
Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
Alternatives to #A49C08 color
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Nearest named colors to #A49C08
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#A5A502
#A89300
#AB9004
#A8A800
#A2A415
#B29700
#929901
#A88905
#AE8B0C
#9AAE07
#AA8805
#AB9A1C
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#A49C08
- RGB164, 156, 8
- CMYK0, 3, 61, 36
- CSSrgb(164, 156, 8)
- HSL57°, 91%, 34%
- HSL Precise56.923°, 90.698%, 33.725%
- HSV57°, 95%, 64%
- HSB57°, 95%, 64%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.643
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.612
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.031
- GLSLvec3(0.643, 0.612, 0.031)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.643, 0.612, 0.031, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.643, 0.612, 0.031)
- Percentage of Red in RGB64.3%
- Percentage of Green in RGB61.2%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB3.1%
- Color FamilyYellow
- Saturation FamilyFull Saturation
- Lightness FamilyNeutral
- HEX IDA49C08
- DECIMAL ID10787848
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers11 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
