#A49A72#A49A72

#A49A72 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.056 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49A72
RGB	rgb(164, 154, 114)
HSL	hsl(48, 22%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(48, 30%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 30.5%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.52, -2.71, 22.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.52, 22.53, 96.91°)
OKLab	oklab(68.46% -0.0056 0.0562)
OKLCH	oklch(68.46% 0.056 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.9030, 32.2194, 20.5601)
Luminance	0.3222 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49A72 #727CA4

analogous

#A48172 #A49A72 #95A472

triadic

#A49A72 #72A49A #9A72A4

tetradic

#A49A72 #72A481 #727CA4 #A47295

square

#A49A72 #72A481 #727CA4 #A47295

split-complementary

#A49A72 #7295A4 #8172A4

monochromatic

#5F583D #847A55 #A49A72 #BCB597 #D4CFBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#A49A72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.44

#A49A72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49A72

7.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49A72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49A72	1.00	2.82	7.44	7.44
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2986F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59B73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC948F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49a72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 154, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.056 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb79b',
    500: '#a49a72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49a72;
$custom-light: #bfb79b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49a72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 21.552,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68462,
    "c": 0.05649,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32219
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49A72

secondary

#AEB3C3

accent

#7BBE6A

background

#FBFBF9

surface

#F7F6F2

border

#D0D0CC

text

#12110E

muted

#81807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49A72

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

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