#A49E42#A49E42

#A49E42 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.114 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49E42
RGB	rgb(164, 158, 66)
HSL	hsl(56, 43%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(56, 60%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 59.8%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.95, -9.87, 47.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.95, 48.71, 101.69°)
OKLab	oklab(68.58% -0.0305 0.1098)
OKLCH	oklch(68.58% 0.114 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.5210, 32.7405, 9.9704)
Luminance	0.3274 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49E42 #4248A4

analogous

#A46D42 #A49E42 #79A442

triadic

#A49E42 #42A49E #9E42A4

tetradic

#A49E42 #42A46D #4248A4 #A44279

square

#A49E42 #42A46D #4248A4 #A44279

split-complementary

#A49E42 #4279A4 #6D42A4

monochromatic

#4D4A1F #787430 #A49E42 #C0BB63 #D2CE8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#A49E42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.55

#A49E42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49E42

7.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49E42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49E42	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)

#AB9938

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9D47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF948A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49e42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 158, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.114 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1ba7a',
    500: '#a49e42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49e42;
$custom-light: #c1ba7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49e42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.327,
    "s": 42.609,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68582,
    "c": 0.11398,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49E42

secondary

#8588BD

accent

#5DD255

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#131109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49E42

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

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