#A99542#A99542

#A99542 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.106 H 95.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A99542
RGB	rgb(169, 149, 66)
HSL	hsl(48, 44%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(48, 61%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 60.9%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.93, -2.85, 45.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.93, 45.67, 93.58°)
OKLab	oklab(67.09% -0.0108 0.1052)
OKLCH	oklch(67.09% 0.106 95.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.0942, 30.3246, 9.5266)
Luminance	0.3032 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A99542 #4256A9

analogous

#A96142 #A99542 #89A942

triadic

#A99542 #42A995 #9542A9

tetradic

#A99542 #42A961 #4256A9 #A94289

square

#A99542 #42A961 #4256A9 #A94289

split-complementary

#A99542 #4289A9 #6142A9

monochromatic

#514720 #7D6E31 #A99542 #C3B165 #D4C791

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#A99542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.06

#A99542 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A99542

7.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A99542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A99542	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)

#A39239

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89846

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B68B83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a99542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 149, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.106 95.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5b379',
    500: '#a99542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a99542;
$custom-light: #c5b379;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a99542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.35,
    "s": 43.83,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6709,
    "c": 0.10572,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A99542

secondary

#8792C0

accent

#6DD454

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#131109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A99542

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

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