#A49946#A49946

#A49946 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.105 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49946
RGB	rgb(164, 153, 70)
HSL	hsl(53, 40%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(53, 57%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.7%, 57.3%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.61, -6.90, 44.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.61, 44.83, 98.85°)
OKLab	oklab(67.53% -0.0216 0.103)
OKLCH	oklch(67.53% 0.105 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.8075, 31.1182, 10.3348)
Luminance	0.3112 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49946 #4651A4

analogous

#A46A46 #A49946 #80A446

triadic

#A49946 #46A499 #9946A4

tetradic

#A49946 #46A46A #4651A4 #A44680

square

#A49946 #46A46A #4651A4 #A44680

split-complementary

#A49946 #4680A4 #6A46A4

monochromatic

#4E4921 #797134 #A49946 #BFB568 #D1CA93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#A49946 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.22

#A49946 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49946

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49946	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49946	1.00	2.91	7.22	7.22
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6953E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99A4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF8F87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49946;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 153, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.105 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1b67c',
    500: '#a49946',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49946;
$custom-light: #c1b67c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49946",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.979,
    "s": 40.171,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67528,
    "c": 0.10528,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49946

secondary

#898FBD

accent

#66D058

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#13110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49946

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

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