#A99A40#A99A40

#A99A40 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.112 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A99A40
RGB	rgb(169, 154, 64)
HSL	hsl(51, 45%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(51, 62%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 62.1%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.27, -5.70, 48.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.27, 48.34, 96.77°)
OKLab	oklab(68.15% -0.0192 0.1101)
OKLCH	oklch(68.15% 0.112 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.8443, 31.9176, 9.4908)
Luminance	0.3192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A99A40 #404FA9

analogous

#A96640 #A99A40 #83A940

triadic

#A99A40 #40A99A #9A40A9

tetradic

#A99A40 #40A966 #404FA9 #A94083

square

#A99A40 #40A966 #404FA9 #A94083

split-complementary

#A99A40 #4083A9 #6640A9

monochromatic

#50491E #7D722F #A99A40 #C4B662 #D5CB8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#A99A40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.38

#A99A40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A99A40

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A99A40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A99A40	1.00	2.84	7.38	7.38
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89636

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9C45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B59087

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a99a40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 154, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.112 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5b779',
    500: '#a99a40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a99a40;
$custom-light: #c5b779;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a99a40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 45.064,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68146,
    "c": 0.11172,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A99A40

secondary

#858EC0

accent

#66D553

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A99A40

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

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