#A49640#A49640

#A49640 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.108 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49640
RGB	rgb(164, 150, 64)
HSL	hsl(52, 44%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(52, 61%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 61%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.72, -5.74, 46.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.72, 46.51, 97.09°)
OKLab	oklab(66.8% -0.019 0.1063)
OKLCH	oklch(66.8% 0.108 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.1426, 30.0765, 9.2251)
Luminance	0.3008 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49640 #404EA4

analogous

#A46440 #A49640 #80A440

triadic

#A49640 #40A496 #9640A4

tetradic

#A49640 #40A464 #404EA4 #A44080

square

#A49640 #40A464 #404EA4 #A44080

split-complementary

#A49640 #4080A4 #6440A4

monochromatic

#4C451E #786E2F #A49640 #C1B360 #D2C88C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#A49640 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.02

#A49640 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49640

7.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49640	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49640	1.00	2.99	7.02	7.02
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39237

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79744

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B08C83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49640;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 150, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.108 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b478',
    500: '#a49640',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49640;
$custom-light: #c2b478;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49640",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.6,
    "s": 43.86,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66804,
    "c": 0.10794,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49640

secondary

#838BBD

accent

#66D454

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49640

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

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