#A99239#A99239

#A99239 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.111 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A99239
RGB	rgb(169, 146, 57)
HSL	hsl(48, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(48, 66%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.6%, 66.3%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.04, -1.83, 48.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.04, 48.81, 92.15°)
OKLab	oklab(66.35% -0.0089 0.1106)
OKLCH	oklch(66.35% 0.111 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.3809, 29.2896, 8.0813)
Luminance	0.2929 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A99239 #3950A9

analogous

#A95A39 #A99239 #88A939

triadic

#A99239 #39A992 #9239A9

tetradic

#A99239 #39A95A #3950A9 #A93988

square

#A99239 #39A95A #3950A9 #A93988

split-complementary

#A99239 #3988A9 #5A39A9

monochromatic

#4D431A #7B6A2A #A99239 #C7B058 #D6C686

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#A99239 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.86

#A99239 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A99239

6.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A99239	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A99239	1.00	3.06	6.86	6.86
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A18F2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6963D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6877F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a99239;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 146, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.111 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b174',
    500: '#a99239',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a99239;
$custom-light: #c6b174;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a99239",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.679,
    "s": 49.558,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66353,
    "c": 0.111,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A99239

secondary

#7E8BC0

accent

#6BD94F

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F5ED

border

#D1CFC8

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A99239

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

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