#A49C80#A49C80

#A49C80 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.040 H 94.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49C80
RGB	rgb(164, 156, 128)
HSL	hsl(47, 17%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(47, 22%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 22%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.35, -1.79, 15.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.35, 15.85, 96.50°)
OKLab	oklab(69.2% -0.0028 0.0403)
OKLCH	oklch(69.2% 0.04 94)
XYZ	xyz(31.0945, 33.2285, 25.1936)
Luminance	0.3323 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49C80 #8088A4

analogous

#A48A80 #A49C80 #9AA480

triadic

#A49C80 #80A49C #9C80A4

tetradic

#A49C80 #80A48A #8088A4 #A4809A

square

#A49C80 #80A48A #8088A4 #A4809A

split-complementary

#A49C80 #809AA4 #8A80A4

monochromatic

#635D47 #867E60 #A49C80 #BEB8A4 #D7D4C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#A49C80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.65

#A49C80 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49C80

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49C80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49C80	1.00	2.75	7.65	7.65
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29A7E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49D81

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA9894

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49c80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 156, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.040 94.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb9a5',
    500: '#a49c80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49c80;
$custom-light: #bfb9a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49c80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.667,
    "s": 16.514,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69203,
    "c": 0.0404,
    "h": 94
  },
  "luminance": 0.33228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49C80

secondary

#B9BCC7

accent

#7FB96F

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F7F6F4

border

#D0D0CE

text

#12110F

muted

#81807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49C80

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

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