#A99236#A99236

#A99236 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.113 H 95.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A99236
RGB	rgb(169, 146, 54)
HSL	hsl(48, 52%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(48, 68%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.6%, 68%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.01, -2.01, 50.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.01, 50.12, 92.30°)
OKLab	oklab(66.33% -0.0098 0.1129)
OKLCH	oklch(66.33% 0.113 95)
XYZ	xyz(27.3082, 29.2606, 7.6988)
Luminance	0.2926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A99236 #364DA9

analogous

#A95836 #A99236 #86A936

triadic

#A99236 #36A992 #9236A9

tetradic

#A99236 #36A958 #364DA9 #A93686

square

#A99236 #36A958 #364DA9 #A93686

split-complementary

#A99236 #3686A9 #5836A9

monochromatic

#4C4218 #7B6A27 #A99236 #C8B154 #D7C682

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#A99236 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.85

#A99236 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A99236

6.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A99236	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A99236	1.00	3.06	6.85	6.85
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A18F2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7963B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6877F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a99236;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 146, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.113 95.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b172',
    500: '#a99236',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a99236;
$custom-light: #c6b172;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a99236",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 51.57,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66325,
    "c": 0.11333,
    "h": 95
  },
  "luminance": 0.29259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A99236

secondary

#7A88C1

accent

#69DB4D

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F5ED

border

#D1CFC8

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A99236

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

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