#A49F7A#A49F7A
#A49F7A is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.052 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #A49F7A |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(164, 159, 122) |
| HSL | hsl(53, 19%, 56%) |
| HSV | hsv(53, 26%, 64%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 3%, 25.6%, 35.7%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(65.04, -4.31, 20.02) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(65.04, 20.48, 102.15°) |
| OKLab | oklab(69.71% -0.01 0.0507) |
| OKLCH | oklch(69.71% 0.052 101.2) |
| XYZ | xyz(31.2209, 34.0945, 23.3448) |
| Luminance | 0.3409 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Stone (survey)
#ADA587
ΔE00 3.49
Bland
#AFA88B
ΔE00 4.10
Cement
#A5A391
ΔE00 6.46
Putty
#BEAE8A
ΔE00 6.97
Khaki (survey)
#AAA662
ΔE00 7.32
Dark Khaki
#9B8F55
ΔE00 7.68
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#A49F7A #7A7FA4
analogous
#A48A7A #A49F7A #94A47A
triadic
#A49F7A #7AA49F #9F7AA4
tetradic
#A49F7A #7AA48A #7A7FA4 #A47A94
square
#A49F7A #7AA48A #7A7FA4 #A47A94
split-complementary
#A49F7A #7A94A4 #8A7AA4
monochromatic
#615D42 #85805B #A49F7A #BDB99E #D6D3C3
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.69
#A49F7A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
7.82
#A49F7A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #A49F7A
7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##A49F7A | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##A49F7A | 1.00 | 2.69 | 7.82 | 7.82 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.69 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 7.82 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 7.82 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#A69C78
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A89F7B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#AB9A95
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9E9E9E
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #a49f7a; /* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 159, 122); /* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.052 101.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#bfbba0',
500: '#a49f7a',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #a49f7a; $custom-light: #bfbba0; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#a49f7a",
"rgb": {
"r": 164,
"g": 159,
"b": 122
},
"hsl": {
"h": 52.857,
"s": 18.75,
"l": 56.078
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.69709,
"c": 0.05167,
"h": 101.2
},
"luminance": 0.34094
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#A49F7A
secondary
#B4B6C6
accent
#76BB6C
background
#FBFBF9
surface
#F7F6F2
border
#D0D0CC
text
#12110E
muted
#81807E