#A49F8A#A49F8A

#A49F8A is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.030 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A49F8A
RGB	rgb(164, 159, 138)
HSL	hsl(48, 13%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(48, 16%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 15.9%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.38, -1.86, 11.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.38, 11.77, 99.09°)
OKLab	oklab(70.09% -0.0032 0.0301)
OKLCH	oklch(70.09% 0.03 96)
XYZ	xyz(32.2951, 34.5242, 29.0024)
Luminance	0.3452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A49F8A #8A8FA4

analogous

#A4928A #A49F8A #9CA48A

triadic

#A49F8A #8AA49F #9F8AA4

tetradic

#A49F8A #8AA492 #8A8FA4 #A48A9C

square

#A49F8A #8AA492 #8A8FA4 #A48A9C

split-complementary

#A49F8A #8A9CA4 #928AA4

monochromatic

#65614F #878269 #A49F8A #BFBBAC #DAD7CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#A49F8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90

#A49F8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A49F8A

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A49F8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A49F8A	1.00	2.66	7.90	7.90
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49E89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A08B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A89C99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a49f8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 159, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.030 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfbbac',
    500: '#a49f8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a49f8a;
$custom-light: #bfbbac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a49f8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.462,
    "s": 12.5,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70088,
    "c": 0.03023,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.34524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A49F8A

secondary

#C0C2CA

accent

#7FB572

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F7F6F4

border

#D0D0CE

text

#121110

muted

#81807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A49F8A

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

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