#A49B41#A49B41

#A49B41 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.112 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49B41
RGB	rgb(164, 155, 65)
HSL	hsl(55, 43%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(55, 60%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 60.4%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.11, -8.35, 47.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.11, 47.96, 100.02°)
OKLab	oklab(67.91% -0.0263 0.1087)
OKLCH	oklch(67.91% 0.112 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.9863, 31.7179, 9.6480)
Luminance	0.3172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49B41 #414AA4

analogous

#A46941 #A49B41 #7CA441

triadic

#A49B41 #41A49B #9B41A4

tetradic

#A49B41 #41A469 #414AA4 #A4417C

square

#A49B41 #41A469 #414AA4 #A4417C

split-complementary

#A49B41 #417CA4 #6941A4

monochromatic

#4C481E #787230 #A49B41 #C1B862 #D2CC8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#A49B41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.34

#A49B41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49B41

7.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49B41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49B41	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)

#A89637

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9B46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B09188

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49b41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 155, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.112 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1b879',
    500: '#a49b41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49b41;
$custom-light: #c1b879;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49b41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.545,
    "s": 43.231,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6791,
    "c": 0.11182,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49B41

secondary

#8489BD

accent

#60D355

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#131109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49B41

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

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