#A99840#A99840

#A99840 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.110 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A99840
RGB	rgb(169, 152, 64)
HSL	hsl(50, 45%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(50, 62%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 62.1%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.73, -4.62, 47.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.73, 47.63, 95.57°)
OKLab	oklab(67.71% -0.0161 0.1088)
OKLCH	oklch(67.71% 0.11 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.5170, 31.2629, 9.3817)
Luminance	0.3126 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A99840 #4051A9

analogous

#A96440 #A99840 #85A940

triadic

#A99840 #40A998 #9840A9

tetradic

#A99840 #40A964 #4051A9 #A94085

square

#A99840 #40A964 #4051A9 #A94085

split-complementary

#A99840 #4085A9 #6440A9

monochromatic

#50481E #7D702F #A99840 #C4B462 #D5C98F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#A99840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.25

#A99840 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A99840

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A99840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A99840	1.00	2.90	7.25	7.25
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69436

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9A44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B58E85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a99840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 152, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.110 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5b678',
    500: '#a99840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a99840;
$custom-light: #c5b678;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a99840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.286,
    "s": 45.064,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67713,
    "c": 0.10997,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A99840

secondary

#858FC0

accent

#68D553

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A99840

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

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