#A99857#A99857

#A99857 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.087 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A99857
RGB	rgb(169, 152, 87)
HSL	hsl(48, 32%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(48, 49%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 48.5%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.99, -2.69, 36.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.99, 36.40, 94.23°)
OKLab	oklab(68.01% -0.0078 0.0871)
OKLCH	oklch(68.01% 0.087 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.3116, 31.5808, 13.5667)
Luminance	0.3158 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A99857 #5768A9

analogous

#A96F57 #A99857 #91A957

triadic

#A99857 #57A998 #9857A9

tetradic

#A99857 #57A96F #5768A9 #A95791

square

#A99857 #57A96F #5768A9 #A95791

split-complementary

#A99857 #5791A9 #6F57A9

monochromatic

#584F2D #817442 #A99857 #BEB17F #D2CAA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#A99857 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.32

#A99857 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A99857

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A99857	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A99857	1.00	2.87	7.32	7.32
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49552

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99B5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B48F88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a99857;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 152, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.087 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b688',
    500: '#a99857',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a99857;
$custom-light: #c4b688;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a99857",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.561,
    "s": 32.283,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6801,
    "c": 0.08746,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A99857

secondary

#9CA3C0

accent

#75C85F

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13110B

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A99857

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

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