#A49941#A49941

#A49941 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.110 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49941
RGB	rgb(164, 153, 65)
HSL	hsl(53, 43%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(53, 60%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.7%, 60.4%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.56, -7.28, 46.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.56, 47.18, 98.88°)
OKLab	oklab(67.47% -0.0233 0.1074)
OKLCH	oklch(67.47% 0.11 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.6562, 31.0577, 9.5379)
Luminance	0.3106 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49941 #414CA4

analogous

#A46741 #A49941 #7EA441

triadic

#A49941 #41A499 #9941A4

tetradic

#A49941 #41A467 #414CA4 #A4417E

square

#A49941 #41A467 #414CA4 #A4417E

split-complementary

#A49941 #417EA4 #6741A4

monochromatic

#4C471E #787030 #A49941 #C1B662 #D2CA8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#A49941 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.21

#A49941 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49941

7.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49941	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49941	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)

#A69437

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99946

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B08F86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49941;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 153, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.110 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1b679',
    500: '#a49941',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49941;
$custom-light: #c1b679;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49941",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 43.231,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67471,
    "c": 0.10986,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49941

secondary

#848ABD

accent

#63D355

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#131109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49941

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

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