#A49142#A49142

#A49142 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.102 H 95.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49142
RGB	rgb(164, 145, 66)
HSL	hsl(48, 43%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(48, 60%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 59.8%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.37, -2.88, 43.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.37, 43.79, 93.77°)
OKLab	oklab(65.74% -0.0105 0.1013)
OKLCH	oklch(65.74% 0.102 95.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.4197, 28.5379, 9.2699)
Luminance	0.2854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49142 #4255A4

analogous

#A46042 #A49142 #86A442

triadic

#A49142 #42A491 #9142A4

tetradic

#A49142 #42A460 #4255A4 #A44286

square

#A49142 #42A460 #4255A4 #A44286

split-complementary

#A49142 #4286A4 #6042A4

monochromatic

#4D441F #786A30 #A49142 #C0AE63 #D2C58F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#A49142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.71

#A49142 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A49142

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49142	1.00	3.13	6.71	6.71
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8E3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39446

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B08780

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 145, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.102 95.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1b179',
    500: '#a49142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49142;
$custom-light: #c1b179;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.367,
    "s": 42.609,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65743,
    "c": 0.10179,
    "h": 95.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49142

secondary

#8590BD

accent

#6ED255

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#131009

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49142

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

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