#A49E84#A49E84

#A49E84 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.037 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49E84
RGB	rgb(164, 158, 132)
HSL	hsl(49, 15%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(49, 20%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 19.5%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.97, -2.27, 14.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.97, 14.57, 98.96°)
OKLab	oklab(69.73% -0.0042 0.037)
OKLCH	oklch(69.73% 0.037 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.7014, 34.0127, 26.7204)
Luminance	0.3401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49E84 #848AA4

analogous

#A48E84 #A49E84 #9AA484

triadic

#A49E84 #84A49E #9E84A4

tetradic

#A49E84 #84A48E #848AA4 #A4849A

square

#A49E84 #84A48E #848AA4 #A4849A

split-complementary

#A49E84 #849AA4 #8E84A4

monochromatic

#645F4A #878064 #A49E84 #BEBAA7 #D8D5CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#A49E84 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#A49E84 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49E84

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49E84	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49E84	1.00	2.69	7.80	7.80
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49C82

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59F85

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A99A97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49e84;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 158, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.037 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfbaa7',
    500: '#a49e84',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49e84;
$custom-light: #bfbaa7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49e84",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.75,
    "s": 14.953,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69725,
    "c": 0.03722,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49E84

secondary

#BCBEC8

accent

#7EB870

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F7F6F4

border

#D0D0CE

text

#12110F

muted

#81807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49E84

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

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