#A49E4E#A49E4E

#A49E4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.103 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49E4E
RGB	rgb(164, 158, 78)
HSL	hsl(56, 36%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(56, 52%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 52.4%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.08, -8.89, 42.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.08, 43.02, 101.93°)
OKLab	oklab(68.72% -0.0264 0.0991)
OKLCH	oklch(68.72% 0.103 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.9126, 32.8972, 12.0330)
Luminance	0.3290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49E4E #4E54A4

analogous

#A4734E #A49E4E #7FA44E

triadic

#A49E4E #4EA49E #9E4EA4

tetradic

#A49E4E #4EA473 #4E54A4 #A44E7F

square

#A49E4E #4EA473 #4E54A4 #A44E7F

split-complementary

#A49E4E #4E7FA4 #734EA4

monochromatic

#514E27 #7B763A #A49E4E #BCB773 #D0CC9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#A49E4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.58

#A49E4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49E4E

7.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49E4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49E4E	1.00	2.77	7.58	7.58
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9947

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9D52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF958C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49e4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 158, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.103 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1ba82',
    500: '#a49e4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49e4e;
$custom-light: #c1ba82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49e4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.814,
    "s": 35.537,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68724,
    "c": 0.10258,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49E4E

secondary

#9194BD

accent

#64CC5C

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6EF

border

#D1D0CA

text

#13110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49E4E

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

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