#A99642#A99642

#A99642 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.107 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A99642
RGB	rgb(169, 150, 66)
HSL	hsl(49, 44%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(49, 61%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.2%, 60.9%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.20, -3.40, 45.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.20, 46.01, 94.23°)
OKLab	oklab(67.31% -0.0123 0.1058)
OKLCH	oklch(67.31% 0.107 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.2531, 30.6424, 9.5796)
Luminance	0.3064 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A99642 #4255A9

analogous

#A96242 #A99642 #88A942

triadic

#A99642 #42A996 #9642A9

tetradic

#A99642 #42A962 #4255A9 #A94288

square

#A99642 #42A962 #4255A9 #A94288

split-complementary

#A99642 #4288A9 #6242A9

monochromatic

#514820 #7D6F31 #A99642 #C3B265 #D4C891

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#A99642 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.13

#A99642 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A99642

7.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A99642	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A99642	1.00	2.95	7.13	7.13
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49339

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99946

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B68C84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a99642;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 150, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.107 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5b47a',
    500: '#a99642',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a99642;
$custom-light: #c5b47a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a99642",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.932,
    "s": 43.83,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67305,
    "c": 0.10654,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A99642

secondary

#8792C0

accent

#6CD454

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#131109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A99642

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

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