#A49040#A49040

#A49040 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.103 H 95.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49040
RGB	rgb(164, 144, 64)
HSL	hsl(48, 44%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(48, 61%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 61%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.08, -2.48, 44.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.08, 44.40, 93.20°)
OKLab	oklab(65.5% -0.0096 0.1023)
OKLCH	oklch(65.5% 0.103 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.2096, 28.2104, 8.9141)
Luminance	0.2821 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49040 #4054A4

analogous

#A45E40 #A49040 #86A440

triadic

#A49040 #40A490 #9040A4

tetradic

#A49040 #40A45E #4054A4 #A44086

square

#A49040 #40A45E #4054A4 #A44086

split-complementary

#A49040 #4086A4 #5E40A4

monochromatic

#4C431E #78692F #A49040 #C1AE60 #D2C48C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#A49040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.64

#A49040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A49040

6.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49040	1.00	3.16	6.64	6.64
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8D38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39444

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0867E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 144, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.103 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b078',
    500: '#a49040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49040;
$custom-light: #c2b078;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 43.86,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65504,
    "c": 0.10279,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49040

secondary

#838EBD

accent

#6ED454

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#131009

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49040

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

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