#A49355#A49355

#A49355 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.084 H 94.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49355
RGB	rgb(164, 147, 85)
HSL	hsl(47, 32%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(47, 48%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 48.2%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.15, -2.30, 34.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.15, 35.04, 93.76°)
OKLab	oklab(66.43% -0.0066 0.0841)
OKLCH	oklch(66.43% 0.084 94.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.3841, 29.4169, 12.8281)
Luminance	0.2942 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49355 #5566A4

analogous

#A46C55 #A49355 #8EA455

triadic

#A49355 #55A493 #9355A4

tetradic

#A49355 #55A46C #5566A4 #A4558E

square

#A49355 #55A46C #5566A4 #A4558E

split-complementary

#A49355 #558EA4 #6C55A4

monochromatic

#534B2B #7C6F40 #A49355 #BBAD7B #D0C6A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#A49355 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.88

#A49355 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A49355

6.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49355	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49355	1.00	3.05	6.88	6.88
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F9050

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39657

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF8A84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49355;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 147, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.084 94.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1b286',
    500: '#a49355',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49355;
$custom-light: #c1b286;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49355",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 147,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.089,
    "s": 31.727,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66431,
    "c": 0.08431,
    "h": 94.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49355

secondary

#98A0BD

accent

#76C860

background

#FCFAF8

surface

#F8F5EF

border

#D1CFCA

text

#12100B

muted

#817F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49355

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

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