#A49840#A49840

#A49840 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.110 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49840
RGB	rgb(164, 152, 64)
HSL	hsl(53, 44%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(53, 61%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 61%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.27, -6.82, 46.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.27, 47.26, 98.29°)
OKLab	oklab(67.24% -0.0221 0.1076)
OKLCH	oklch(67.24% 0.11 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.4645, 30.7202, 9.3324)
Luminance	0.3072 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49840 #404CA4

analogous

#A46640 #A49840 #7EA440

triadic

#A49840 #40A498 #9840A4

tetradic

#A49840 #40A466 #404CA4 #A4407E

square

#A49840 #40A466 #404CA4 #A4407E

split-complementary

#A49840 #407EA4 #6640A4

monochromatic

#4C461E #786F2F #A49840 #C1B560 #D2CA8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#A49840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.14

#A49840 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49840

7.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49840	1.00	2.94	7.14	7.14
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59436

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99945

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B08E85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 152, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.110 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b678',
    500: '#a49840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49840;
$custom-light: #c2b678;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.8,
    "s": 43.86,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67241,
    "c": 0.1098,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49840

secondary

#838ABD

accent

#63D454

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49840

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

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