#A49D40#A49D40

#A49D40 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.115 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49D40
RGB	rgb(164, 157, 64)
HSL	hsl(56, 44%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(56, 61%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 61%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.65, -9.49, 48.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.65, 49.21, 101.11°)
OKLab	oklab(68.34% -0.0297 0.1108)
OKLCH	oklch(68.34% 0.115 105)
XYZ	xyz(28.2932, 32.3776, 9.6086)
Luminance	0.3238 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49D40 #4047A4

analogous

#A46B40 #A49D40 #79A440

triadic

#A49D40 #40A49D #9D40A4

tetradic

#A49D40 #40A46B #4047A4 #A44079

square

#A49D40 #40A46B #4047A4 #A44079

split-complementary

#A49D40 #4079A4 #6B40A4

monochromatic

#4C491E #78732F #A49D40 #C1BA60 #D2CD8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#A49D40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.48

#A49D40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49D40

7.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49D40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49D40	1.00	2.81	7.48	7.48
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9836

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9C45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF9389

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49d40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 157, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.115 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1b979',
    500: '#a49d40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49d40;
$custom-light: #c1b979;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49d40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.8,
    "s": 43.86,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6834,
    "c": 0.1147,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.32377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49D40

secondary

#8387BD

accent

#5DD454

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#131109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49D40

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

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