#A49A78#A49A78

#A49A78 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.049 H 93.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49A78
RGB	rgb(164, 154, 120)
HSL	hsl(46, 19%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(46, 27%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 26.8%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.64, -1.88, 19.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.64, 19.30, 95.58°)
OKLab	oklab(68.59% -0.0031 0.0487)
OKLCH	oklch(68.59% 0.049 93.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.2558, 32.3605, 22.4180)
Luminance	0.3236 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49A78 #7882A4

analogous

#A48478 #A49A78 #98A478

triadic

#A49A78 #78A49A #9A78A4

tetradic

#A49A78 #78A484 #7882A4 #A47898

square

#A49A78 #78A484 #7882A4 #A47898

split-complementary

#A49A78 #7898A4 #8478A4

monochromatic

#615941 #857B5A #A49A78 #BDB59D #D5D1C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#A49A78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.47

#A49A78 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49A78

7.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49A78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49A78	1.00	2.81	7.47	7.47
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19876

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49C79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB9591

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49a78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 154, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.049 93.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb79f',
    500: '#a49a78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49a78;
$custom-light: #bfb79f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49a78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.364,
    "s": 19.469,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68592,
    "c": 0.04881,
    "h": 93.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49A78

secondary

#B3B7C5

accent

#7EBC6C

background

#FBFBF9

surface

#F7F6F2

border

#D0D0CC

text

#12110E

muted

#81807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49A78

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

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