#A99540#A99540

#A99540 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.107 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A99540
RGB	rgb(169, 149, 64)
HSL	hsl(49, 45%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(49, 62%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 62.1%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.91, -3.00, 46.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.91, 46.60, 93.69°)
OKLab	oklab(67.07% -0.0114 0.1069)
OKLCH	oklch(67.07% 0.107 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.0362, 30.3014, 9.2215)
Luminance	0.3030 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A99540 #4054A9

analogous

#A96040 #A99540 #88A940

triadic

#A99540 #40A995 #9540A9

tetradic

#A99540 #40A960 #4054A9 #A94088

square

#A99540 #40A960 #4054A9 #A94088

split-complementary

#A99540 #4088A9 #6040A9

monochromatic

#50471E #7D6E2F #A99540 #C4B162 #D5C78F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#A99540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.06

#A99540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A99540

7.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A99540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A99540	1.00	2.97	7.06	7.06
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39237

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89844

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B68B83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a99540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 149, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.107 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5b378',
    500: '#a99540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a99540;
$custom-light: #c5b378;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a99540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.571,
    "s": 45.064,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67068,
    "c": 0.10748,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A99540

secondary

#8590C0

accent

#6CD553

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A99540

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

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