#A49462#A49462

#A49462 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.300; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.070 H 92.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49462
RGB	rgb(164, 148, 98)
HSL	hsl(45, 27%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(45, 40%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 40.2%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.62, -1.44, 28.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.62, 28.64, 92.89°)
OKLab	oklab(66.86% -0.0029 0.0704)
OKLCH	oklch(66.86% 0.07 92.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.1050, 29.9551, 15.8544)
Luminance	0.2995 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49462 #6272A4

analogous

#A47362 #A49462 #93A462

triadic

#A49462 #62A494 #9462A4

tetradic

#A49462 #62A473 #6272A4 #A46293

square

#A49462 #62A473 #6272A4 #A46293

split-complementary

#A49462 #6293A4 #7362A4

monochromatic

#584F33 #7F724A #A49462 #BAAE89 #D1C9AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#A49462 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.99

#A49462 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A49462

6.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49462	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49462	1.00	3.00	6.99	6.99
#FFFFFF	3.00	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)

#9E925E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29764

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE8D87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49462;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 148, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.070 92.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0b38f',
    500: '#a49462',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49462;
$custom-light: #c0b38f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49462",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.455,
    "s": 26.613,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66864,
    "c": 0.07041,
    "h": 92.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49462

secondary

#A2A9BF

accent

#7CC365

background

#FBFBF8

surface

#F7F6F0

border

#D0D0CB

text

#12110C

muted

#81807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49462

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

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