#A49461#A49461

#A49461 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.072 H 92.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49461
RGB	rgb(164, 148, 97)
HSL	hsl(46, 27%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(46, 41%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 40.9%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.60, -1.56, 29.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.60, 29.16, 93.06°)
OKLab	oklab(66.85% -0.0033 0.0715)
OKLCH	oklch(66.85% 0.072 92.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.0581, 29.9364, 15.6073)
Luminance	0.2994 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49461 #6171A4

analogous

#A47261 #A49461 #92A461

triadic

#A49461 #61A494 #9461A4

tetradic

#A49461 #61A472 #6171A4 #A46192

square

#A49461 #61A472 #6171A4 #A46192

split-complementary

#A49461 #6192A4 #7261A4

monochromatic

#584F33 #7F7249 #A49461 #BAAE88 #D1C9AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#A49461 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.99

#A49461 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A49461

6.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49461	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49461	1.00	3.01	6.99	6.99
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E925D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39763

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE8C87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49461;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 148, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.072 92.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0b38e',
    500: '#a49461',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49461;
$custom-light: #c0b38e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49461",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.672,
    "s": 26.908,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66846,
    "c": 0.07159,
    "h": 92.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49461

secondary

#A2A9BF

accent

#7BC365

background

#FBFBF8

surface

#F7F6F0

border

#D0D0CB

text

#12110C

muted

#81807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49461

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

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