#A49F40#A49F40

#A49F40 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.117 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49F40
RGB	rgb(164, 159, 64)
HSL	hsl(57, 44%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(57, 61%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 61%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.21, -10.54, 48.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.21, 50.02, 102.17°)
OKLab	oklab(68.78% -0.0327 0.1121)
OKLCH	oklch(68.78% 0.117 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.6343, 33.0599, 9.7223)
Luminance	0.3306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49F40 #4045A4

analogous

#A46D40 #A49F40 #77A440

triadic

#A49F40 #40A49F #9F40A4

tetradic

#A49F40 #40A46D #4045A4 #A44077

square

#A49F40 #40A46D #4045A4 #A44077

split-complementary

#A49F40 #4077A4 #6D40A4

monochromatic

#4C4A1E #78742F #A49F40 #C1BC60 #D2CF8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#A49F40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.61

#A49F40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49F40

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49F40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49F40	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)

#AC9935

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9E45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF958B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49f40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 159, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.117 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1bb79',
    500: '#a49f40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49f40;
$custom-light: #c1bb79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49f40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57,
    "s": 43.86,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68782,
    "c": 0.11676,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49F40

secondary

#8386BD

accent

#5BD454

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#131109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49F40

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

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