#A49978#A49978

#A49978 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.048 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49978
RGB	rgb(164, 153, 120)
HSL	hsl(45, 19%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(45, 27%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.7%, 26.8%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.37, -1.33, 18.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.37, 18.89, 94.04°)
OKLab	oklab(68.38% -0.0015 0.0478)
OKLCH	oklch(68.38% 0.048 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.0914, 32.0318, 22.3633)
Luminance	0.3203 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49978 #7883A4

analogous

#A48378 #A49978 #99A478

triadic

#A49978 #78A499 #9978A4

tetradic

#A49978 #78A483 #7883A4 #A47899

square

#A49978 #78A483 #7883A4 #A47899

split-complementary

#A49978 #7899A4 #8378A4

monochromatic

#615941 #857A5A #A49978 #BDB59D #D5D0C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#A49978 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.41

#A49978 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49978

7.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49978	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49978	1.00	2.84	7.41	7.41
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09776

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39B79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB9490

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49978;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 153, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.048 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb79f',
    500: '#a49978',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49978;
$custom-light: #bfb79f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49978",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 19.469,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68379,
    "c": 0.04783,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32031
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49978

secondary

#B3B7C5

accent

#80BC6C

background

#FBFBF9

surface

#F7F6F2

border

#D0D0CC

text

#12110E

muted

#81807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49978

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

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