#A49C3E#A49C3E

#A49C3E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.115 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49C3E
RGB	rgb(164, 156, 62)
HSL	hsl(55, 45%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(55, 62%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 62.2%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.36, -9.10, 48.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.36, 49.72, 100.54°)
OKLab	oklab(68.1% -0.0288 0.1118)
OKLCH	oklch(68.1% 0.115 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.0688, 32.0182, 9.2581)
Luminance	0.3202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49C3E #3E46A4

analogous

#A4693E #A49C3E #79A43E

triadic

#A49C3E #3EA49C #9C3EA4

tetradic

#A49C3E #3EA469 #3E46A4 #A43E79

square

#A49C3E #3EA469 #3E46A4 #A43E79

split-complementary

#A49C3E #3E79A4 #693EA4

monochromatic

#4B481C #78722D #A49C3E #C2BA5D #D3CD8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#A49C3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.40

#A49C3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49C3E

7.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49C3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49C3E	1.00	2.84	7.40	7.40
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99733

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9B43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B09288

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49c3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 156, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.115 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b977',
    500: '#a49c3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49c3e;
$custom-light: #c2b977;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49c3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.294,
    "s": 45.133,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68099,
    "c": 0.11541,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49C3E

secondary

#8185BD

accent

#5DD553

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49C3E

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

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