#A49B73#A49B73

#A49B73 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.056 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49B73
RGB	rgb(164, 155, 115)
HSL	hsl(49, 21%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(49, 30%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 29.9%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.81, -3.12, 22.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.81, 22.43, 97.99°)
OKLab	oklab(68.7% -0.0068 0.0559)
OKLCH	oklch(68.7% 0.056 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.1259, 32.5737, 20.9167)
Luminance	0.3257 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49B73 #737CA4

analogous

#A48373 #A49B73 #94A473

triadic

#A49B73 #73A49B #9B73A4

tetradic

#A49B73 #73A483 #737CA4 #A47394

square

#A49B73 #73A483 #737CA4 #A47394

split-complementary

#A49B73 #7394A4 #8373A4

monochromatic

#5F593E #847C56 #A49B73 #BCB598 #D4D0BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#A49B73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.51

#A49B73 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49B73

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49B73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49B73	1.00	2.79	7.51	7.51
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39970

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69C74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC9590

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49b73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 155, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.056 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb89b',
    500: '#a49b73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49b73;
$custom-light: #bfb89b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49b73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.98,
    "s": 21.212,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68698,
    "c": 0.05626,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49B73

secondary

#AFB3C4

accent

#79BE6A

background

#FBFBF9

surface

#F7F6F2

border

#D0D0CC

text

#12110E

muted

#81807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49B73

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

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