#A49F4E#A49F4E

#A49F4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.104 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49F4E
RGB	rgb(164, 159, 78)
HSL	hsl(57, 36%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(57, 52%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 52.4%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.35, -9.42, 42.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.35, 43.45, 102.53°)
OKLab	oklab(68.94% -0.0279 0.0998)
OKLCH	oklch(68.94% 0.104 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.0839, 33.2397, 12.0901)
Luminance	0.3324 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49F4E #4E53A4

analogous

#A4744E #A49F4E #7EA44E

triadic

#A49F4E #4EA49F #9F4EA4

tetradic

#A49F4E #4EA474 #4E53A4 #A44E7E

square

#A49F4E #4EA474 #4E53A4 #A44E7E

split-complementary

#A49F4E #4E7EA4 #744EA4

monochromatic

#514F27 #7B773A #A49F4E #BCB873 #D0CD9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#A49F4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.65

#A49F4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49F4E

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49F4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49F4E	1.00	2.75	7.65	7.65
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9A46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9E52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE968D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49f4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 159, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.104 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1bb82',
    500: '#a49f4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49f4e;
$custom-light: #c1bb82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49f4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.512,
    "s": 35.537,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68944,
    "c": 0.10367,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49F4E

secondary

#9194BD

accent

#63CC5C

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6EF

border

#D1D0CA

text

#13110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49F4E

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

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