#A99B40#A99B40

#A99B40 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.113 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A99B40
RGB	rgb(169, 155, 64)
HSL	hsl(52, 45%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(52, 62%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 62.1%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.55, -6.23, 48.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.55, 48.70, 97.35°)
OKLab	oklab(68.36% -0.0207 0.1107)
OKLCH	oklch(68.36% 0.113 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.0101, 32.2491, 9.5461)
Luminance	0.3225 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A99B40 #404EA9

analogous

#A96640 #A99B40 #82A940

triadic

#A99B40 #40A99B #9B40A9

tetradic

#A99B40 #40A966 #404EA9 #A94082

square

#A99B40 #40A966 #404EA9 #A94082

split-complementary

#A99B40 #4082A9 #6640A9

monochromatic

#504A1E #7D722F #A99B40 #C4B762 #D5CB8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#A99B40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.45

#A99B40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A99B40

7.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A99B40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A99B40	1.00	2.82	7.45	7.45
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99736

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B59187

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a99b40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 155, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.113 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5b879',
    500: '#a99b40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a99b40;
$custom-light: #c5b879;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a99b40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52,
    "s": 45.064,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68363,
    "c": 0.11262,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A99B40

secondary

#858DC0

accent

#64D553

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#131109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A99B40

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

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