#A49A70#A49A70

#A49A70 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.059 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49A70
RGB	rgb(164, 154, 112)
HSL	hsl(48, 22%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(48, 32%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 31.7%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.49, -2.98, 23.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.49, 23.61, 97.25°)
OKLab	oklab(68.42% -0.0065 0.0587)
OKLCH	oklch(68.42% 0.059 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.7904, 32.1743, 19.9671)
Luminance	0.3217 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49A70 #707AA4

analogous

#A48070 #A49A70 #94A470

triadic

#A49A70 #70A49A #9A70A4

tetradic

#A49A70 #70A480 #707AA4 #A47094

square

#A49A70 #70A480 #707AA4 #A47094

split-complementary

#A49A70 #7094A4 #8070A4

monochromatic

#5E573C #837A54 #A49A70 #BCB495 #D4CFBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#A49A70 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.43

#A49A70 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49A70

7.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49A70	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49A70	1.00	2.82	7.43	7.43
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2986D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59B71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC948F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49a70;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 154, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.059 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb799',
    500: '#a49a70',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49a70;
$custom-light: #bfb799;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49a70",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.462,
    "s": 22.222,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68421,
    "c": 0.05903,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49A70

secondary

#ADB1C3

accent

#7ABF69

background

#FBFBF9

surface

#F7F6F2

border

#D0D0CC

text

#12110E

muted

#81807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49A70

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

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