#A49146#A49146

#A49146 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.098 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49146
RGB	rgb(164, 145, 70)
HSL	hsl(48, 40%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(48, 57%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 57.3%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.42, -2.56, 41.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.42, 41.86, 93.51°)
OKLab	oklab(65.79% -0.0091 0.0976)
OKLCH	oklch(65.79% 0.098 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.5418, 28.5867, 9.9129)
Luminance	0.2859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49146 #4659A4

analogous

#A46246 #A49146 #88A446

triadic

#A49146 #46A491 #9146A4

tetradic

#A49146 #46A462 #4659A4 #A44688

square

#A49146 #46A462 #4659A4 #A44688

split-complementary

#A49146 #4688A4 #6246A4

monochromatic

#4E4521 #796B34 #A49146 #BFAD68 #D1C593

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#A49146 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.72

#A49146 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A49146

6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49146	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49146	1.00	3.13	6.72	6.72
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8E3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39449

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B08780

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49146;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 145, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.098 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1b17c',
    500: '#a49146',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49146;
$custom-light: #c1b17c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49146",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.872,
    "s": 40.171,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65791,
    "c": 0.09803,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49146

secondary

#8993BD

accent

#70D058

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4EE

border

#D1CEC9

text

#131009

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49146

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

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