#A99638#A99638

#A99638 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.115 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A99638
RGB	rgb(169, 150, 56)
HSL	hsl(50, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(50, 67%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.2%, 66.9%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.11, -4.07, 50.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.11, 50.52, 94.62°)
OKLab	oklab(67.2% -0.0155 0.1138)
OKLCH	oklch(67.2% 0.115 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.9836, 30.5346, 8.1604)
Luminance	0.3053 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A99638 #384BA9

analogous

#A95E38 #A99638 #84A938

triadic

#A99638 #38A996 #9638A9

tetradic

#A99638 #38A95E #384BA9 #A93884

square

#A99638 #38A95E #384BA9 #A93884

split-complementary

#A99638 #3884A9 #5E38A9

monochromatic

#4D441A #7B6D29 #A99638 #C7B457 #D7C985

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#A99638 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.11

#A99638 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A99638

7.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A99638	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A99638	1.00	2.95	7.11	7.11
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4922C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9993D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B68B82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a99638;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 150, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.115 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b473',
    500: '#a99638',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a99638;
$custom-light: #c6b473;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a99638",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.912,
    "s": 50.222,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67202,
    "c": 0.11487,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A99638

secondary

#7C88C0

accent

#66DA4E

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A99638

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

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