#A99A39#A99A39

#A99A39 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.117 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A99A39
RGB	rgb(169, 154, 57)
HSL	hsl(52, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(52, 66%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 66.3%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.21, -6.16, 51.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.21, 51.44, 96.88°)
OKLab	oklab(68.08% -0.0213 0.1155)
OKLCH	oklch(68.08% 0.117 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.6575, 31.8429, 8.5069)
Luminance	0.3184 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A99A39 #3948A9

analogous

#A96239 #A99A39 #80A939

triadic

#A99A39 #39A99A #9A39A9

tetradic

#A99A39 #39A962 #3948A9 #A93980

square

#A99A39 #39A962 #3948A9 #A93980

split-complementary

#A99A39 #3980A9 #6239A9

monochromatic

#4D471A #7B702A #A99A39 #C7B858 #D6CC86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#A99A39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.37

#A99A39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A99A39

7.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A99A39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A99A39	1.00	2.85	7.37	7.37
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8962D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9C3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B68F86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a99a39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 154, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.117 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b774',
    500: '#a99a39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a99a39;
$custom-light: #c6b774;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a99a39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.964,
    "s": 49.558,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68077,
    "c": 0.11746,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A99A39

secondary

#7E86C0

accent

#61D94F

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A99A39

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

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