#A99142#A99142

#A99142 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.103 H 92.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A99142
RGB	rgb(169, 145, 66)
HSL	hsl(46, 44%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(46, 61%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.2%, 60.9%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.85, -0.67, 44.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.85, 44.37, 90.87°)
OKLab	oklab(66.24% -0.0045 0.1026)
OKLCH	oklch(66.24% 0.103 92.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.4722, 29.0806, 9.3193)
Luminance	0.2908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A99142 #425AA9

analogous

#A95D42 #A99142 #8DA942

triadic

#A99142 #42A991 #9142A9

tetradic

#A99142 #42A95D #425AA9 #A9428D

square

#A99142 #42A95D #425AA9 #A9428D

split-complementary

#A99142 #428DA9 #5D42A9

monochromatic

#514520 #7D6B31 #A99142 #C3AD65 #D4C591

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#A99142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.82

#A99142 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A99142

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A99142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A99142	1.00	3.08	6.82	6.82
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8F3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59645

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B68780

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a99142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 145, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.103 92.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5b179',
    500: '#a99142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a99142;
$custom-light: #c5b179;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a99142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.019,
    "s": 43.83,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66236,
    "c": 0.10267,
    "h": 92.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A99142

secondary

#8794C0

accent

#72D454

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4EE

border

#D1CEC9

text

#131009

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A99142

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

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