#A49B3D#A49B3D

#A49B3D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.115 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49B3D
RGB	rgb(164, 155, 61)
HSL	hsl(55, 46%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(55, 63%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 62.8%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.07, -8.63, 49.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.07, 49.77, 99.99°)
OKLab	oklab(67.87% -0.0276 0.1119)
OKLCH	oklch(67.87% 0.115 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.8745, 31.6731, 9.0592)
Luminance	0.3167 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49B3D #3D46A4

analogous

#A4683D #A49B3D #7AA43D

triadic

#A49B3D #3DA49B #9B3DA4

tetradic

#A49B3D #3DA468 #3D46A4 #A43D7A

square

#A49B3D #3DA468 #3D46A4 #A43D7A

split-complementary

#A49B3D #3D7AA4 #683DA4

monochromatic

#4B471C #77712C #A49B3D #C2B95C #D3CC88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#A49B3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.33

#A49B3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49B3D

7.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49B3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49B3D	1.00	2.86	7.33	7.33
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89632

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9B42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B09187

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49b3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 155, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.115 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b877',
    500: '#a49b3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49b3d;
$custom-light: #c2b877;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49b3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.757,
    "s": 45.778,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67868,
    "c": 0.11527,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49B3D

secondary

#7F85BD

accent

#5ED552

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49B3D

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

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