#A49940#A49940

#A49940 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.111 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49940
RGB	rgb(164, 153, 64)
HSL	hsl(53, 44%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(53, 61%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.7%, 61%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.55, -7.35, 47.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.55, 47.64, 98.88°)
OKLab	oklab(67.46% -0.0236 0.1082)
OKLCH	oklch(67.46% 0.111 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.6275, 31.0462, 9.3867)
Luminance	0.3105 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49940 #404BA4

analogous

#A46740 #A49940 #7DA440

triadic

#A49940 #40A499 #9940A4

tetradic

#A49940 #40A467 #404BA4 #A4407D

square

#A49940 #40A467 #404BA4 #A4407D

split-complementary

#A49940 #407DA4 #6740A4

monochromatic

#4C471E #78702F #A49940 #C1B660 #D2CB8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#A49940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.21

#A49940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49940

7.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49940	1.00	2.91	7.21	7.21
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69436

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99945

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B08F86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 153, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.111 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b678',
    500: '#a49940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49940;
$custom-light: #c2b678;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.4,
    "s": 43.86,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6746,
    "c": 0.11075,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49940

secondary

#8389BD

accent

#62D454

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49940

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

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