#A49D3D#A49D3D

#A49D3D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.117 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49D3D
RGB	rgb(164, 157, 61)
HSL	hsl(56, 46%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(56, 63%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 62.8%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.63, -9.70, 49.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.63, 50.56, 101.06°)
OKLab	oklab(68.31% -0.0306 0.1132)
OKLCH	oklch(68.31% 0.117 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.2101, 32.3444, 9.1711)
Luminance	0.3234 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49D3D #3D44A4

analogous

#A46A3D #A49D3D #78A43D

triadic

#A49D3D #3DA49D #9D3DA4

tetradic

#A49D3D #3DA46A #3D44A4 #A43D78

square

#A49D3D #3DA46A #3D44A4 #A43D78

split-complementary

#A49D3D #3D78A4 #6A3DA4

monochromatic

#4B481C #77722C #A49D3D #C2BB5C #D3CE88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#A49D3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.47

#A49D3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49D3D

7.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49D3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49D3D	1.00	2.81	7.47	7.47
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9832

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B09389

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49d3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 157, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.117 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b977',
    500: '#a49d3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49d3d;
$custom-light: #c2b977;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49d3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.922,
    "s": 45.778,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6831,
    "c": 0.11726,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32343
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49D3D

secondary

#7F84BD

accent

#5BD552

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49D3D

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

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