#A4994A#A4994A

#A4994A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.101 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4994A
RGB	rgb(164, 153, 74)
HSL	hsl(53, 38%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(53, 55%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.7%, 54.9%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.65, -6.57, 42.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.65, 42.90, 98.81°)
OKLab	oklab(67.58% -0.0202 0.0994)
OKLCH	oklch(67.58% 0.101 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.9380, 31.1704, 11.0221)
Luminance	0.3117 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4994A #4A55A4

analogous

#A46C4A #A4994A #82A44A

triadic

#A4994A #4AA499 #994AA4

tetradic

#A4994A #4AA46C #4A55A4 #A44A82

square

#A4994A #4AA46C #4A55A4 #A44A82

split-complementary

#A4994A #4A82A4 #6C4AA4

monochromatic

#504A24 #7A7237 #A4994A #BDB46E #D0CA98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#A4994A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.23

#A4994A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4994A

7.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4994A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4994A	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)

#A59542

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99A4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF9087

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4994a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 153, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.101 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1b67f',
    500: '#a4994a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4994a;
$custom-light: #c1b67f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4994a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.667,
    "s": 37.815,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67577,
    "c": 0.10142,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4994A

secondary

#8D93BD

accent

#68CE5A

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#13110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4994A

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

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