#A49D3E#A49D3E

#A49D3E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.116 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49D3E
RGB	rgb(164, 157, 62)
HSL	hsl(56, 45%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(56, 62%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 62.2%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.64, -9.63, 49.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.64, 50.11, 101.07°)
OKLab	oklab(68.32% -0.0303 0.1124)
OKLCH	oklch(68.32% 0.116 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.2373, 32.3552, 9.3143)
Luminance	0.3235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49D3E #3E45A4

analogous

#A46A3E #A49D3E #78A43E

triadic

#A49D3E #3EA49D #9D3EA4

tetradic

#A49D3E #3EA46A #3E45A4 #A43E78

square

#A49D3E #3EA46A #3E45A4 #A43E78

split-complementary

#A49D3E #3E78A4 #6A3EA4

monochromatic

#4B481C #78722D #A49D3E #C2BB5D #D3CE8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#A49D3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.47

#A49D3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49D3E

7.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49D3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49D3E	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)

#AA9833

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B09389

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49d3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 157, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.116 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b977',
    500: '#a49d3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49d3e;
$custom-light: #c2b977;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49d3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.882,
    "s": 45.133,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6832,
    "c": 0.11641,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49D3E

secondary

#8185BD

accent

#5CD553

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49D3E

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

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