#A49646#A49646

#A49646 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.102 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49646
RGB	rgb(164, 150, 70)
HSL	hsl(51, 40%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(51, 57%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 57.3%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.78, -5.28, 43.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.78, 43.67, 96.94°)
OKLab	oklab(66.87% -0.0169 0.101)
OKLCH	oklch(66.87% 0.102 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.3227, 30.1485, 10.1732)
Luminance	0.3015 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49646 #4654A4

analogous

#A46746 #A49646 #83A446

triadic

#A49646 #46A496 #9646A4

tetradic

#A49646 #46A467 #4654A4 #A44683

square

#A49646 #46A467 #4654A4 #A44683

split-complementary

#A49646 #4683A4 #6746A4

monochromatic

#4E4821 #796F34 #A49646 #BFB268 #D1C893

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#A49646 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.03

#A49646 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49646

7.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49646	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49646	1.00	2.99	7.03	7.03
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3923E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7984A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B08C84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49646;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 150, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.102 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1b47c',
    500: '#a49646',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49646;
$custom-light: #c1b47c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49646",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.064,
    "s": 40.171,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66873,
    "c": 0.10242,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30147
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49646

secondary

#8991BD

accent

#6AD058

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#13110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49646

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

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