#A49E45#A49E45

#A49E45 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.111 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49E45
RGB	rgb(164, 158, 69)
HSL	hsl(56, 41%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(56, 58%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 57.9%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.98, -9.64, 46.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.98, 47.32, 101.76°)
OKLab	oklab(68.62% -0.0295 0.1073)
OKLCH	oklch(68.62% 0.111 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.6118, 32.7768, 10.4485)
Luminance	0.3278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49E45 #454BA4

analogous

#A46F45 #A49E45 #7AA445

triadic

#A49E45 #45A49E #9E45A4

tetradic

#A49E45 #45A46F #454BA4 #A4457A

square

#A49E45 #45A46F #454BA4 #A4457A

split-complementary

#A49E45 #457AA4 #6F45A4

monochromatic

#4E4B21 #797433 #A49E45 #BFBA67 #D1CD92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#A49E45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.56

#A49E45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49E45

7.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49E45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49E45	1.00	2.78	7.56	7.56
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA993C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9D4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF948B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49e45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 158, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.111 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1ba7c',
    500: '#a49e45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49e45;
$custom-light: #c1ba7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49e45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.211,
    "s": 40.773,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68615,
    "c": 0.11127,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49E45

secondary

#888BBD

accent

#5FD157

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#13110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49E45

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

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