#A49950#A49950

#A49950 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.095 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49950
RGB	rgb(164, 153, 80)
HSL	hsl(52, 34%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(52, 51%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.7%, 51.2%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.72, -6.04, 39.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.72, 39.93, 98.69°)
OKLab	oklab(67.66% -0.018 0.0936)
OKLCH	oklch(67.66% 0.095 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.1499, 31.2551, 12.1379)
Luminance	0.3125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49950 #505BA4

analogous

#A46F50 #A49950 #85A450

triadic

#A49950 #50A499 #9950A4

tetradic

#A49950 #50A46F #505BA4 #A45085

square

#A49950 #50A46F #505BA4 #A45085

split-complementary

#A49950 #5085A4 #6F50A4

monochromatic

#524C28 #7B733C #A49950 #BCB375 #D0C99E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#A49950 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.25

#A49950 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49950

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49950	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49950	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)

#A5954A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89A53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF9088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49950;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 153, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.095 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1b683',
    500: '#a49950',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49950;
$custom-light: #c1b683;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49950",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.143,
    "s": 34.426,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67656,
    "c": 0.09532,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49950

secondary

#9398BD

accent

#6CCB5D

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6EF

border

#D1D0CA

text

#12110B

muted

#81807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49950

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

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