#A49544#A49544

#A49544 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.103 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49544
RGB	rgb(164, 149, 68)
HSL	hsl(51, 41%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(51, 59%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 58.5%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.49, -4.90, 43.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.49, 44.26, 96.35°)
OKLab	oklab(66.63% -0.0161 0.1021)
OKLCH	oklch(66.63% 0.103 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.1017, 29.8059, 9.7933)
Luminance	0.2980 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49544 #4453A4

analogous

#A46544 #A49544 #83A444

triadic

#A49544 #44A495 #9544A4

tetradic

#A49544 #44A465 #4453A4 #A44483

square

#A49544 #44A465 #4453A4 #A44483

split-complementary

#A49544 #4483A4 #6544A4

monochromatic

#4D4620 #796E32 #A49544 #BFB166 #D1C791

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#A49544 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.96

#A49544 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A49544

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49544	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49544	1.00	3.02	6.96	6.96
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2913C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69748

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B08B83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49544;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 149, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.103 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1b37b',
    500: '#a49544',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49544;
$custom-light: #c1b37b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49544",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.625,
    "s": 41.379,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66632,
    "c": 0.10339,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49544

secondary

#878FBD

accent

#6AD157

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#131109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49544

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

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