#A99749#A99749

#A99749 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.101 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A99749
RGB	rgb(169, 151, 73)
HSL	hsl(49, 40%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(49, 57%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.7%, 56.8%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.55, -3.40, 42.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.55, 43.02, 94.53°)
OKLab	oklab(67.6% -0.0115 0.1003)
OKLCH	oklch(67.6% 0.101 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.6325, 31.0505, 10.7872)
Luminance	0.3105 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A99749 #495BA9

analogous

#A96749 #A99749 #8BA949

triadic

#A99749 #49A997 #9749A9

tetradic

#A99749 #49A967 #495BA9 #A9498B

square

#A99749 #49A967 #495BA9 #A9498B

split-complementary

#A99749 #498BA9 #6749A9

monochromatic

#544B24 #7E7137 #A99749 #C1B16F #D3C899

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#A99749 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.21

#A99749 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A99749

7.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A99749	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A99749	1.00	2.91	7.21	7.21
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49441

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99A4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B58D85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a99749;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 151, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.101 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5b57e',
    500: '#a99749',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a99749;
$custom-light: #c5b57e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a99749",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.75,
    "s": 39.669,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67602,
    "c": 0.10091,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A99749

secondary

#8E98BF

accent

#6FD058

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#13110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A99749

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

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