#A49D4E#A49D4E

#A49D4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.102 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49D4E
RGB	rgb(164, 157, 78)
HSL	hsl(55, 36%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(55, 52%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 52.4%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.80, -8.36, 41.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.80, 42.59, 101.32°)
OKLab	oklab(68.5% -0.0249 0.0984)
OKLCH	oklch(68.5% 0.102 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.7428, 32.5574, 11.9764)
Luminance	0.3256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49D4E #4E55A4

analogous

#A4724E #A49D4E #80A44E

triadic

#A49D4E #4EA49D #9D4EA4

tetradic

#A49D4E #4EA472 #4E55A4 #A44E80

square

#A49D4E #4EA472 #4E55A4 #A44E80

split-complementary

#A49D4E #4E80A4 #724EA4

monochromatic

#514E27 #7B753A #A49D4E #BCB673 #D0CC9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#A49D4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.51

#A49D4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49D4E

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49D4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49D4E	1.00	2.80	7.51	7.51
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99847

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9C52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF948B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49d4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 157, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.102 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1b982',
    500: '#a49d4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49d4e;
$custom-light: #c1b982;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49d4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.116,
    "s": 35.537,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68504,
    "c": 0.10151,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49D4E

secondary

#9195BD

accent

#65CC5C

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6EF

border

#D1D0CA

text

#13110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49D4E

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

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