#A99B37#A99B37

#A99B37 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.120 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A99B37
RGB	rgb(169, 155, 55)
HSL	hsl(53, 51%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(53, 67%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 67.5%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.47, -6.81, 52.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.47, 52.64, 97.44°)
OKLab	oklab(68.28% -0.0234 0.1176)
OKLCH	oklch(68.28% 0.12 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.7743, 32.1548, 8.3045)
Luminance	0.3215 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A99B37 #3745A9

analogous

#A96237 #A99B37 #7EA937

triadic

#A99B37 #37A99B #9B37A9

tetradic

#A99B37 #37A962 #3745A9 #A9377E

square

#A99B37 #37A962 #3745A9 #A9377E

split-complementary

#A99B37 #377EA9 #6237A9

monochromatic

#4D4619 #7B7128 #A99B37 #C8BA55 #D7CD84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#A99B37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.43

#A99B37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A99B37

7.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A99B37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A99B37	1.00	2.83	7.43	7.43
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9962A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69086

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a99b37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 155, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.120 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b873',
    500: '#a99b37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a99b37;
$custom-light: #c6b873;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a99b37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.632,
    "s": 50.893,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68277,
    "c": 0.11987,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32154
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A99B37

secondary

#7B84C0

accent

#5FDA4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A99B37

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

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