#A49B3F#A49B3F

#A49B3F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.114 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49B3F
RGB	rgb(164, 155, 63)
HSL	hsl(55, 44%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(55, 62%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 61.6%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.09, -8.49, 48.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.09, 48.88, 100.01°)
OKLab	oklab(67.89% -0.027 0.1103)
OKLCH	oklch(67.89% 0.114 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.9294, 31.6951, 9.3482)
Luminance	0.3169 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49B3F #3F48A4

analogous

#A4683F #A49B3F #7BA43F

triadic

#A49B3F #3FA49B #9B3FA4

tetradic

#A49B3F #3FA468 #3F48A4 #A43F7B

square

#A49B3F #3FA468 #3F48A4 #A43F7B

split-complementary

#A49B3F #3F7BA4 #683FA4

monochromatic

#4C471D #78712E #A49B3F #C1B95F #D2CC8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#A49B3F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.34

#A49B3F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49B3F

7.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49B3F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49B3F	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)

#A89635

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9B44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B09187

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49b3f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 155, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.114 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b878',
    500: '#a49b3f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49b3f;
$custom-light: #c2b878;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49b3f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.653,
    "s": 44.493,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67889,
    "c": 0.11357,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49B3F

secondary

#8287BD

accent

#5FD454

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49B3F

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

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