#A99656#A99656

#A99656 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.087 H 93.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A99656
RGB	rgb(169, 150, 86)
HSL	hsl(46, 33%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(46, 49%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.2%, 49.1%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.44, -1.70, 36.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.44, 36.18, 92.69°)
OKLab	oklab(67.57% -0.0051 0.0867)
OKLCH	oklch(67.57% 0.087 93.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.9492, 30.9208, 13.2457)
Luminance	0.3092 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A99656 #5669A9

analogous

#A96C56 #A99656 #93A956

triadic

#A99656 #56A996 #9656A9

tetradic

#A99656 #56A96C #5669A9 #A95693

square

#A99656 #56A96C #5669A9 #A95693

split-complementary

#A99656 #5693A9 #6C56A9

monochromatic

#584E2D #807241 #A99656 #BEAF7F #D2C8A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#A99656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.18

#A99656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A99656

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A99656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A99656	1.00	2.92	7.18	7.18
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29451

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79958

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B48D87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a99656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 150, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.087 93.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b487',
    500: '#a99656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a99656;
$custom-light: #c4b487;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a99656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.265,
    "s": 32.549,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67568,
    "c": 0.08683,
    "h": 93.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A99656

secondary

#9BA3C0

accent

#77C95F

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6EF

border

#D1D0CA

text

#13110B

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A99656

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

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