#A49873#A49873

#A49873 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.053 H 92.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49873
RGB	rgb(164, 152, 115)
HSL	hsl(45, 21%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(45, 30%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 29.9%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.00, -1.48, 21.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.00, 21.16, 94.01°)
OKLab	oklab(68.06% -0.0021 0.0532)
OKLCH	oklch(68.06% 0.053 92.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.6329, 31.5876, 20.7524)
Luminance	0.3159 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49873 #737FA4

analogous

#A48073 #A49873 #98A473

triadic

#A49873 #73A498 #9873A4

tetradic

#A49873 #73A480 #737FA4 #A47398

square

#A49873 #73A480 #737FA4 #A47398

split-complementary

#A49873 #7398A4 #8073A4

monochromatic

#5F573E #847956 #A49873 #BCB398 #D4CFBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#A49873 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.32

#A49873 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49873

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49873	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49873	1.00	2.87	7.32	7.32
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09671

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39A74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC928E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49873;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 152, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.053 92.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb69b',
    500: '#a49873',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49873;
$custom-light: #bfb69b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49873",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.306,
    "s": 21.212,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68056,
    "c": 0.05325,
    "h": 92.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49873

secondary

#AFB4C4

accent

#7FBE6A

background

#FBFBF9

surface

#F7F6F2

border

#D0D0CC

text

#12110E

muted

#81807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49873

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

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