#A49C4E#A49C4E

#A49C4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.100 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49C4E
RGB	rgb(164, 156, 78)
HSL	hsl(54, 36%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(54, 52%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 52.4%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.52, -7.83, 41.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.52, 42.17, 100.70°)
OKLab	oklab(68.29% -0.0233 0.0977)
OKLCH	oklch(68.29% 0.1 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.5743, 32.2204, 11.9202)
Luminance	0.3222 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49C4E #4E56A4

analogous

#A4714E #A49C4E #81A44E

triadic

#A49C4E #4EA49C #9C4EA4

tetradic

#A49C4E #4EA471 #4E56A4 #A44E81

square

#A49C4E #4EA471 #4E56A4 #A44E81

split-complementary

#A49C4E #4E81A4 #714EA4

monochromatic

#514D27 #7B753A #A49C4E #BCB673 #D0CB9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#A49C4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.44

#A49C4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49C4E

7.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49C4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49C4E	1.00	2.82	7.44	7.44
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89747

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9C52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF938A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49c4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 156, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.100 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1b982',
    500: '#a49c4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49c4e;
$custom-light: #c1b982;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49c4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.419,
    "s": 35.537,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68285,
    "c": 0.10046,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49C4E

secondary

#9195BD

accent

#67CC5C

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6EF

border

#D1D0CA

text

#13110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49C4E

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

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