#A99A4E#A99A4E

#A99A4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.099 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A99A4E
RGB	rgb(169, 154, 78)
HSL	hsl(50, 37%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(50, 54%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 53.8%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.42, -4.60, 41.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.42, 41.68, 96.34°)
OKLab	oklab(68.31% -0.0144 0.0976)
OKLCH	oklch(68.31% 0.099 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.2939, 32.0974, 11.8586)
Luminance	0.3210 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A99A4E #4E5DA9

analogous

#A96C4E #A99A4E #8AA94E

triadic

#A99A4E #4EA99A #9A4EA9

tetradic

#A99A4E #4EA96C #4E5DA9 #A94E8A

square

#A99A4E #4EA96C #4E5DA9 #A94E8A

split-complementary

#A99A4E #4E8AA9 #6C4EA9

monochromatic

#554E27 #7F743B #A99A4E #BFB375 #D3CA9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#A99A4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.42

#A99A4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A99A4E

7.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A99A4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A99A4E	1.00	2.83	7.42	7.42
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79647

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9C51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B59089

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a99a4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 154, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.099 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5b782',
    500: '#a99a4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a99a4e;
$custom-light: #c5b782;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a99a4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.11,
    "s": 36.842,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68312,
    "c": 0.09866,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A99A4E

secondary

#939BBF

accent

#6ECD5B

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6EF

border

#D1D0CA

text

#13110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A99A4E

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

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