#A99837#A99837

#A99837 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.117 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A99837
RGB	rgb(169, 152, 55)
HSL	hsl(51, 51%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(51, 67%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 67.5%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.65, -5.20, 51.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.65, 51.61, 95.79°)
OKLab	oklab(67.63% -0.0188 0.1158)
OKLCH	oklch(67.63% 0.117 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.2813, 31.1686, 8.1402)
Luminance	0.3117 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A99837 #3748A9

analogous

#A95F37 #A99837 #81A937

triadic

#A99837 #37A998 #9837A9

tetradic

#A99837 #37A95F #3748A9 #A93781

square

#A99837 #37A95F #3748A9 #A93781

split-complementary

#A99837 #3781A9 #5F37A9

monochromatic

#4D4519 #7B6E28 #A99837 #C8B755 #D7CA84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#A99837 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.23

#A99837 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A99837

7.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A99837	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A99837	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)

#A6942A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9A3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B68D84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a99837;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 152, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.117 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b673',
    500: '#a99837',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a99837;
$custom-light: #c6b673;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a99837",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.053,
    "s": 50.893,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67625,
    "c": 0.11728,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A99837

secondary

#7B86C0

accent

#62DA4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A99837

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

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