#A49449#A49449

#A49449 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.098 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49449
RGB	rgb(164, 148, 73)
HSL	hsl(49, 38%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(49, 55%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 55.5%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.27, -3.95, 41.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.27, 41.46, 95.46°)
OKLab	oklab(66.48% -0.0127 0.0969)
OKLCH	oklch(66.48% 0.098 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.1033, 29.5545, 10.5790)
Luminance	0.2955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49449 #4959A4

analogous

#A46749 #A49449 #87A449

triadic

#A49449 #49A494 #9449A4

tetradic

#A49449 #49A467 #4959A4 #A44987

square

#A49449 #49A467 #4959A4 #A44987

split-complementary

#A49449 #4987A4 #6749A4

monochromatic

#4F4823 #7A6E36 #A49449 #BEAF6C #D1C697

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#A49449 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.91

#A49449 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A49449

6.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49449	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49449	1.00	3.04	6.91	6.91
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19142

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5964C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B08B83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49449;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 148, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.098 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1b37e',
    500: '#a49449',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49449;
$custom-light: #c1b37e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49449",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.451,
    "s": 38.397,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66477,
    "c": 0.0977,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49449

secondary

#8C95BD

accent

#6ECE59

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F5EE

border

#D1CFC9

text

#13110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49449

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

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