#A49E41#A49E41

#A49E41 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.115 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49E41
RGB	rgb(164, 158, 65)
HSL	hsl(56, 43%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(56, 60%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 60.4%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.94, -9.94, 48.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.94, 49.16, 101.67°)
OKLab	oklab(68.57% -0.0309 0.1106)
OKLCH	oklch(68.57% 0.115 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.4918, 32.7288, 9.8165)
Luminance	0.3273 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49E41 #4147A4

analogous

#A46D41 #A49E41 #78A441

triadic

#A49E41 #41A49E #9E41A4

tetradic

#A49E41 #41A46D #4147A4 #A44178

square

#A49E41 #41A46D #4147A4 #A44178

split-complementary

#A49E41 #4178A4 #6D41A4

monochromatic

#4C4A1E #787430 #A49E41 #C1BB62 #D2CE8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#A49E41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.55

#A49E41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49E41

7.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49E41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49E41	1.00	2.78	7.55	7.55
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9937

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9D46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF948A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49e41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 158, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.115 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1ba79',
    500: '#a49e41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49e41;
$custom-light: #c1ba79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49e41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.364,
    "s": 43.231,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68571,
    "c": 0.11486,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49E41

secondary

#8487BD

accent

#5CD355

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#131109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49E41

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

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