#A49D42#A49D42

#A49D42 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.113 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49D42
RGB	rgb(164, 157, 66)
HSL	hsl(56, 43%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(56, 60%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 59.8%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.67, -9.34, 47.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.67, 48.30, 101.15°)
OKLab	oklab(68.36% -0.029 0.1092)
OKLCH	oklch(68.36% 0.113 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.3511, 32.4008, 9.9138)
Luminance	0.3240 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49D42 #4249A4

analogous

#A46C42 #A49D42 #7AA442

triadic

#A49D42 #42A49D #9D42A4

tetradic

#A49D42 #42A46C #4249A4 #A4427A

square

#A49D42 #42A46C #4249A4 #A4427A

split-complementary

#A49D42 #427AA4 #6C42A4

monochromatic

#4D491F #787330 #A49D42 #C0BA63 #D2CD8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#A49D42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.48

#A49D42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49D42

7.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49D42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49D42	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)

#AA9838

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9C47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF9389

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49d42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 157, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.113 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1b97a',
    500: '#a49d42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49d42;
$custom-light: #c1b97a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49d42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.714,
    "s": 42.609,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68361,
    "c": 0.11295,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49D42

secondary

#8589BD

accent

#5ED255

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#131109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49D42

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

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