#A49B4E#A49B4E

#A49B4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.099 H 102.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49B4E
RGB	rgb(164, 155, 78)
HSL	hsl(54, 36%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(54, 52%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 52.4%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.25, -7.29, 41.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.25, 41.75, 100.06°)
OKLab	oklab(68.07% -0.0218 0.097)
OKLCH	oklch(68.07% 0.099 102.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.4072, 31.8862, 11.8645)
Luminance	0.3189 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49B4E #4E57A4

analogous

#A4704E #A49B4E #82A44E

triadic

#A49B4E #4EA49B #9B4EA4

tetradic

#A49B4E #4EA470 #4E57A4 #A44E82

square

#A49B4E #4EA470 #4E57A4 #A44E82

split-complementary

#A49B4E #4E82A4 #704EA4

monochromatic

#514D27 #7B743A #A49B4E #BCB573 #D0CB9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#A49B4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.38

#A49B4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49B4E

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49B4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49B4E	1.00	2.85	7.38	7.38
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79747

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9B52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF9289

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49b4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 155, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.099 102.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1b882',
    500: '#a49b4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49b4e;
$custom-light: #c1b882;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49b4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.721,
    "s": 35.537,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68066,
    "c": 0.09942,
    "h": 102.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49B4E

secondary

#9196BD

accent

#68CC5C

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6EF

border

#D1D0CA

text

#13110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49B4E

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

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