#A49460#A49460

#A49460 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.073 H 93.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49460
RGB	rgb(164, 148, 96)
HSL	hsl(46, 27%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(46, 41%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 41.5%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.58, -1.67, 29.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.58, 29.69, 93.23°)
OKLab	oklab(66.83% -0.0038 0.0727)
OKLCH	oklch(66.83% 0.073 93)
XYZ	xyz(28.0117, 29.9178, 15.3632)
Luminance	0.2992 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49460 #6070A4

analogous

#A47260 #A49460 #92A460

triadic

#A49460 #60A494 #9460A4

tetradic

#A49460 #60A472 #6070A4 #A46092

square

#A49460 #60A472 #6070A4 #A46092

split-complementary

#A49460 #6092A4 #7260A4

monochromatic

#584F32 #7E7248 #A49460 #BAAE87 #D1C8AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#A49460 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.98

#A49460 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A49460

6.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49460	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49460	1.00	3.01	6.98	6.98
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E925C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39762

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE8C87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49460;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 148, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.073 93.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0b38e',
    500: '#a49460',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49460;
$custom-light: #c0b38e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49460",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.882,
    "s": 27.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66828,
    "c": 0.07276,
    "h": 93
  },
  "luminance": 0.29917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49460

secondary

#A1A8BF

accent

#7BC464

background

#FBFBF8

surface

#F7F6F0

border

#D0D0CB

text

#12110C

muted

#81807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49460

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

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