#A99740#A99740

#A99740 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.109 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A99740
RGB	rgb(169, 151, 64)
HSL	hsl(50, 45%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(50, 62%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.7%, 62.1%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.46, -4.08, 47.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.46, 47.28, 94.95°)
OKLab	oklab(67.5% -0.0145 0.1082)
OKLCH	oklch(67.5% 0.109 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.3554, 30.9397, 9.3279)
Luminance	0.3094 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A99740 #4052A9

analogous

#A96240 #A99740 #86A940

triadic

#A99740 #40A997 #9740A9

tetradic

#A99740 #40A962 #4052A9 #A94086

square

#A99740 #40A962 #4052A9 #A94086

split-complementary

#A99740 #4086A9 #6240A9

monochromatic

#50481E #7D6F2F #A99740 #C4B362 #D5C98F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#A99740 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.19

#A99740 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A99740

7.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A99740	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A99740	1.00	2.92	7.19	7.19
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59336

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9A44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B68D84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a99740;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 151, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.109 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5b578',
    500: '#a99740',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a99740;
$custom-light: #c5b578;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a99740",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.714,
    "s": 45.064,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67498,
    "c": 0.10912,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A99740

secondary

#858FC0

accent

#69D553

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A99740

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

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