#A49F3E#A49F3E

#A49F3E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.118 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49F3E
RGB	rgb(164, 159, 62)
HSL	hsl(57, 45%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(57, 62%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 62.2%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.19, -10.68, 49.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.19, 50.91, 102.11°)
OKLab	oklab(68.76% -0.0333 0.1137)
OKLCH	oklch(68.76% 0.118 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.5784, 33.0375, 9.4280)
Luminance	0.3304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49F3E #3E43A4

analogous

#A46C3E #A49F3E #76A43E

triadic

#A49F3E #3EA49F #9F3EA4

tetradic

#A49F3E #3EA46C #3E43A4 #A43E76

square

#A49F3E #3EA46C #3E43A4 #A43E76

split-complementary

#A49F3E #3E76A4 #6C3EA4

monochromatic

#4B491C #78742D #A49F3E #C2BD5D #D3CF8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#A49F3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.61

#A49F3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49F3E

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49F3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49F3E	1.00	2.76	7.61	7.61
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9933

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9D44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF958A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49f3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 159, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.118 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2bb78',
    500: '#a49f3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49f3e;
$custom-light: #c2bb78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49f3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.059,
    "s": 45.133,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68762,
    "c": 0.11846,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49F3E

secondary

#8184BD

accent

#59D553

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49F3E

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

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