#A49540#A49540

#A49540 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.107 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49540
RGB	rgb(164, 149, 64)
HSL	hsl(51, 44%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(51, 61%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 61%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.45, -5.20, 45.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.45, 46.15, 96.47°)
OKLab	oklab(66.59% -0.0174 0.1056)
OKLCH	oklch(66.59% 0.107 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.9838, 29.7587, 9.1721)
Luminance	0.2976 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49540 #404FA4

analogous

#A46340 #A49540 #81A440

triadic

#A49540 #40A495 #9540A4

tetradic

#A49540 #40A463 #404FA4 #A44081

square

#A49540 #40A463 #404FA4 #A44081

split-complementary

#A49540 #4081A4 #6340A4

monochromatic

#4C451E #786D2F #A49540 #C1B260 #D2C88C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#A49540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.95

#A49540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A49540

6.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49540	1.00	3.02	6.95	6.95
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29137

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69744

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B08B83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 149, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.107 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b378',
    500: '#a49540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49540;
$custom-light: #c2b378;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51,
    "s": 43.86,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66586,
    "c": 0.10704,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49540

secondary

#838BBD

accent

#67D454

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49540

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

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