#A99A37#A99A37

#A99A37 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.119 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A99A37
RGB	rgb(169, 154, 55)
HSL	hsl(52, 51%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(52, 67%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 67.5%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.20, -6.28, 51.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.20, 52.30, 96.90°)
OKLab	oklab(68.06% -0.0219 0.117)
OKLCH	oklch(68.06% 0.119 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.6086, 31.8233, 8.2493)
Luminance	0.3182 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A99A37 #3746A9

analogous

#A96137 #A99A37 #7FA937

triadic

#A99A37 #37A99A #9A37A9

tetradic

#A99A37 #37A961 #3746A9 #A9377F

square

#A99A37 #37A961 #3746A9 #A9377F

split-complementary

#A99A37 #377FA9 #6137A9

monochromatic

#4D4619 #7B7028 #A99A37 #C8B955 #D7CC84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#A99A37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.36

#A99A37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A99A37

7.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A99A37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A99A37	1.00	2.85	7.36	7.36
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8962A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9C3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B68F86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a99a37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 154, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.119 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b773',
    500: '#a99a37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a99a37;
$custom-light: #c6b773;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a99a37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.105,
    "s": 50.893,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68059,
    "c": 0.11899,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A99A37

secondary

#7B84C0

accent

#60DA4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A99A37

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

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