#A99738#A99738

#A99738 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.116 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A99738
RGB	rgb(169, 151, 56)
HSL	hsl(50, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(50, 67%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.7%, 66.9%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.39, -4.61, 50.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.39, 50.85, 95.20°)
OKLab	oklab(67.42% -0.017 0.1144)
OKLCH	oklch(67.42% 0.116 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.1439, 30.8551, 8.2138)
Luminance	0.3085 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A99738 #384AA9

analogous

#A95E38 #A99738 #83A938

triadic

#A99738 #38A997 #9738A9

tetradic

#A99738 #38A95E #384AA9 #A93883

square

#A99738 #38A95E #384AA9 #A93883

split-complementary

#A99738 #3883A9 #5E38A9

monochromatic

#4D451A #7B6E29 #A99738 #C7B557 #D7CA85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#A99738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.17

#A99738 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A99738

7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A99738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A99738	1.00	2.93	7.17	7.17
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5932C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9A3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B68C83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a99738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 151, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.116 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b573',
    500: '#a99738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a99738;
$custom-light: #c6b573;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a99738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.442,
    "s": 50.222,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67418,
    "c": 0.11569,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A99738

secondary

#7C87C0

accent

#64DA4E

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A99738

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

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