#A49B3E#A49B3E

#A49B3E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.114 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49B3E
RGB	rgb(164, 155, 62)
HSL	hsl(55, 45%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(55, 62%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 62.2%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.08, -8.56, 48.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.08, 49.33, 100.00°)
OKLab	oklab(67.88% -0.0273 0.1111)
OKLCH	oklch(67.88% 0.114 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.9017, 31.6840, 9.2024)
Luminance	0.3168 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49B3E #3E47A4

analogous

#A4683E #A49B3E #7AA43E

triadic

#A49B3E #3EA49B #9B3EA4

tetradic

#A49B3E #3EA468 #3E47A4 #A43E7A

square

#A49B3E #3EA468 #3E47A4 #A43E7A

split-complementary

#A49B3E #3E7AA4 #683EA4

monochromatic

#4B471C #78712D #A49B3E #C2B95D #D3CC8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#A49B3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.34

#A49B3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49B3E

7.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49B3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49B3E	1.00	2.86	7.34	7.34
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89633

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9B43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B09187

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49b3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 155, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.114 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b877',
    500: '#a49b3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49b3e;
$custom-light: #c2b877;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49b3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.706,
    "s": 45.133,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67879,
    "c": 0.11442,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49B3E

secondary

#8186BD

accent

#5ED553

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49B3E

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

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