#A99237#A99237

#A99237 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.113 H 94.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A99237
RGB	rgb(169, 146, 55)
HSL	hsl(48, 51%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(48, 67%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.6%, 67.5%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.02, -1.95, 49.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.02, 49.68, 92.25°)
OKLab	oklab(66.33% -0.0095 0.1122)
OKLCH	oklch(66.33% 0.113 94.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.3320, 29.2700, 7.8237)
Luminance	0.2927 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A99237 #374EA9

analogous

#A95937 #A99237 #87A937

triadic

#A99237 #37A992 #9237A9

tetradic

#A99237 #37A959 #374EA9 #A93787

square

#A99237 #37A959 #374EA9 #A93787

split-complementary

#A99237 #3787A9 #5937A9

monochromatic

#4D4219 #7B6A28 #A99237 #C8B155 #D7C684

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#A99237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.85

#A99237 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A99237

6.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A99237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A99237	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)

#A18F2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7963C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6877F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a99237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 146, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.113 94.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b172',
    500: '#a99237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a99237;
$custom-light: #c6b172;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a99237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.895,
    "s": 50.893,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66334,
    "c": 0.11257,
    "h": 94.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A99237

secondary

#7B89C0

accent

#6ADA4D

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F5ED

border

#D1CFC8

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A99237

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

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