#A49949#A49949

#A49949 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.102 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49949
RGB	rgb(164, 153, 73)
HSL	hsl(53, 38%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(53, 55%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.7%, 55.5%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.64, -6.65, 42.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.64, 43.39, 98.82°)
OKLab	oklab(67.56% -0.0205 0.1003)
OKLCH	oklch(67.56% 0.102 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.9046, 31.1570, 10.8461)
Luminance	0.3116 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49949 #4954A4

analogous

#A46C49 #A49949 #82A449

triadic

#A49949 #49A499 #9949A4

tetradic

#A49949 #49A46C #4954A4 #A44982

square

#A49949 #49A46C #4954A4 #A44982

split-complementary

#A49949 #4982A4 #6C49A4

monochromatic

#4F4A23 #7A7136 #A49949 #BEB46C #D1CA97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#A49949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.23

#A49949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49949

7.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49949	1.00	2.90	7.23	7.23
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59541

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99A4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF9087

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 153, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.102 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1b67e',
    500: '#a49949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49949;
$custom-light: #c1b67e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.747,
    "s": 38.397,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67564,
    "c": 0.1024,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31156
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49949

secondary

#8C92BD

accent

#68CE59

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#13110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49949

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

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