#A49656#A49656

#A49656 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.086 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49656
RGB	rgb(164, 150, 86)
HSL	hsl(49, 31%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(49, 48%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 47.6%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.98, -3.83, 35.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.98, 35.68, 96.17°)
OKLab	oklab(67.09% -0.011 0.0853)
OKLCH	oklch(67.09% 0.086 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.8967, 30.3781, 13.1964)
Luminance	0.3038 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49656 #5664A4

analogous

#A46F56 #A49656 #8BA456

triadic

#A49656 #56A496 #9656A4

tetradic

#A49656 #56A46F #5664A4 #A4568B

square

#A49656 #56A46F #5664A4 #A4568B

split-complementary

#A49656 #568BA4 #6F56A4

monochromatic

#544D2C #7C7141 #A49656 #BBAF7D #D0C8A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#A49656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.08

#A49656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49656

7.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49656	1.00	2.97	7.08	7.08
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19351

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59859

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF8E87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 150, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.086 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0b487',
    500: '#a49656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49656;
$custom-light: #c0b487;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.231,
    "s": 31.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67093,
    "c": 0.08595,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49656

secondary

#999FBD

accent

#73C760

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6EF

border

#D1D0CA

text

#12110B

muted

#81807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49656

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

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