#A99249#A99249

#A99249 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.097 H 92.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A99249
RGB	rgb(169, 146, 73)
HSL	hsl(46, 40%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(46, 57%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.6%, 56.8%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.20, -0.68, 41.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.20, 41.32, 90.94°)
OKLab	oklab(66.53% -0.0036 0.0968)
OKLCH	oklch(66.53% 0.097 92.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.8448, 29.4752, 10.5246)
Luminance	0.2947 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A99249 #4960A9

analogous

#A96249 #A99249 #90A949

triadic

#A99249 #49A992 #9249A9

tetradic

#A99249 #49A962 #4960A9 #A94990

square

#A99249 #49A962 #4960A9 #A94990

split-complementary

#A99249 #4990A9 #6249A9

monochromatic

#544824 #7E6D37 #A99249 #C1AD6F #D3C599

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#A99249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.89

#A99249 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A99249

6.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A99249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A99249	1.00	3.05	6.89	6.89
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09042

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5974C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B58881

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a99249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 146, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.097 92.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5b17e',
    500: '#a99249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a99249;
$custom-light: #c5b17e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a99249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.625,
    "s": 39.669,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66534,
    "c": 0.09691,
    "h": 92.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A99249

secondary

#8E9ABF

accent

#75D058

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F5EE

border

#D1CFC9

text

#13100A

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A99249

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

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