#A4994E#A4994E

#A4994E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.097 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4994E
RGB	rgb(164, 153, 78)
HSL	hsl(52, 36%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(52, 52%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.7%, 52.4%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.70, -6.22, 40.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.70, 40.93, 98.74°)
OKLab	oklab(67.63% -0.0187 0.0956)
OKLCH	oklch(67.63% 0.097 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.0771, 31.2260, 11.7545)
Luminance	0.3123 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4994E #4E59A4

analogous

#A46E4E #A4994E #84A44E

triadic

#A4994E #4EA499 #994EA4

tetradic

#A4994E #4EA46E #4E59A4 #A44E84

square

#A4994E #4EA46E #4E59A4 #A44E84

split-complementary

#A4994E #4E84A4 #6E4EA4

monochromatic

#514C27 #7B723A #A4994E #BCB373 #D0C99C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#A4994E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.25

#A4994E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4994E

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4994E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4994E	1.00	2.90	7.25	7.25
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59547

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89A51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF9088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4994e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 153, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.097 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1b681',
    500: '#a4994e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4994e;
$custom-light: #c1b681;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4994e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.326,
    "s": 35.537,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67629,
    "c": 0.09739,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4994E

secondary

#9197BD

accent

#6ACC5C

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6EF

border

#D1D0CA

text

#13110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4994E

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

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