#A49E44#A49E44

#A49E44 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.112 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49E44
RGB	rgb(164, 158, 68)
HSL	hsl(56, 41%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(56, 59%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 58.5%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.97, -9.72, 46.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.97, 47.79, 101.73°)
OKLab	oklab(68.6% -0.0299 0.1081)
OKLCH	oklch(68.6% 0.112 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.5810, 32.7645, 10.2864)
Luminance	0.3276 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49E44 #444AA4

analogous

#A46E44 #A49E44 #7AA444

triadic

#A49E44 #44A49E #9E44A4

tetradic

#A49E44 #44A46E #444AA4 #A4447A

square

#A49E44 #44A46E #444AA4 #A4447A

split-complementary

#A49E44 #447AA4 #6E44A4

monochromatic

#4D4B20 #797432 #A49E44 #BFBA66 #D1CD91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#A49E44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.55

#A49E44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49E44

7.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49E44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49E44	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)

#AA993A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9D49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF948A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49e44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 158, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.112 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1ba7b',
    500: '#a49e44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49e44;
$custom-light: #c1ba7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49e44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.25,
    "s": 41.379,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68604,
    "c": 0.11218,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49E44

secondary

#878ABD

accent

#5ED157

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#13110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49E44

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

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