#A49043#A49043

#A49043 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.100 H 94.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49043
RGB	rgb(164, 144, 67)
HSL	hsl(48, 42%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(48, 59%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 59.1%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.11, -2.25, 42.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.11, 42.97, 93.01°)
OKLab	oklab(65.54% -0.0086 0.0997)
OKLCH	oklch(65.54% 0.1 94.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.2973, 28.2455, 9.3759)
Luminance	0.2824 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49043 #4357A4

analogous

#A46043 #A49043 #87A443

triadic

#A49043 #43A490 #9043A4

tetradic

#A49043 #43A460 #4357A4 #A44387

square

#A49043 #43A460 #4357A4 #A44387

split-complementary

#A49043 #4387A4 #6043A4

monochromatic

#4D441F #796A31 #A49043 #C0AD64 #D2C490

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#A49043 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.65

#A49043 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A49043

6.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49043	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49043	1.00	3.16	6.65	6.65
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8D3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29446

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0867F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49043;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 144, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.100 94.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1b07a',
    500: '#a49043',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49043;
$custom-light: #c1b07a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49043",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.629,
    "s": 41.991,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65539,
    "c": 0.10005,
    "h": 94.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49043

secondary

#8691BD

accent

#70D256

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4EE

border

#D1CEC9

text

#131009

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49043

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

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