#A49E8A#A49E8A

#A49E8A is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.029 H 93.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49E8A
RGB	rgb(164, 158, 138)
HSL	hsl(46, 13%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(46, 16%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 15.9%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.11, -1.31, 11.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.11, 11.32, 96.66°)
OKLab	oklab(69.88% -0.0016 0.0291)
OKLCH	oklch(69.88% 0.029 93.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.1238, 34.1816, 28.9453)
Luminance	0.3418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49E8A #8A90A4

analogous

#A4918A #A49E8A #9DA48A

triadic

#A49E8A #8AA49E #9E8AA4

tetradic

#A49E8A #8AA491 #8A90A4 #A48A9D

square

#A49E8A #8AA491 #8A90A4 #A48A9D

split-complementary

#A49E8A #8A9DA4 #918AA4

monochromatic

#65604F #878169 #A49E8A #BFBBAC #DAD7CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#A49E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.84

#A49E8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49E8A

7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49E8A	1.00	2.68	7.84	7.84
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39D89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49F8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A99B98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 158, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.029 93.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfbaac',
    500: '#a49e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49e8a;
$custom-light: #bfbaac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.154,
    "s": 12.5,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69875,
    "c": 0.02915,
    "h": 93.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49E8A

secondary

#C0C2CA

accent

#82B572

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F7F6F4

border

#D0D0CE

text

#121110

muted

#81807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49E8A

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

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