#A99836#A99836

#A99836 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.118 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A99836
RGB	rgb(169, 152, 54)
HSL	hsl(51, 52%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(51, 68%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 68%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.64, -5.26, 51.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.64, 52.04, 95.81°)
OKLab	oklab(67.62% -0.0191 0.1165)
OKLCH	oklch(67.62% 0.118 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.2575, 31.1591, 8.0152)
Luminance	0.3116 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A99836 #3647A9

analogous

#A95E36 #A99836 #80A936

triadic

#A99836 #36A998 #9836A9

tetradic

#A99836 #36A95E #3647A9 #A93680

square

#A99836 #36A95E #3647A9 #A93680

split-complementary

#A99836 #3680A9 #5E36A9

monochromatic

#4C4518 #7B6E27 #A99836 #C8B754 #D7CB82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#A99836 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.23

#A99836 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A99836

7.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A99836	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A99836	1.00	2.90	7.23	7.23
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69429

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9A3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B68D84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a99836;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 152, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.118 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b672',
    500: '#a99836',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a99836;
$custom-light: #c6b672;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a99836",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.13,
    "s": 51.57,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67616,
    "c": 0.11804,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A99836

secondary

#7A85C1

accent

#62DB4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A99836

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

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