#A99B49#A99B49

#A99B49 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.104 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A99B49
RGB	rgb(169, 155, 73)
HSL	hsl(51, 40%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(51, 57%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 56.8%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.64, -5.56, 44.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.64, 44.49, 97.18°)
OKLab	oklab(68.46% -0.0177 0.103)
OKLCH	oklch(68.46% 0.104 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.2872, 32.3599, 11.0054)
Luminance	0.3236 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A99B49 #4957A9

analogous

#A96B49 #A99B49 #87A949

triadic

#A99B49 #49A99B #9B49A9

tetradic

#A99B49 #49A96B #4957A9 #A94987

square

#A99B49 #49A96B #4957A9 #A94987

split-complementary

#A99B49 #4987A9 #6B49A9

monochromatic

#544D24 #7E7437 #A99B49 #C1B56F #D3CB99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#A99B49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.47

#A99B49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A99B49

7.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A99B49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A99B49	1.00	2.81	7.47	7.47
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89741

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9C4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B59189

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a99b49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 155, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.104 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5b87e',
    500: '#a99b49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a99b49;
$custom-light: #c5b87e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a99b49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.25,
    "s": 39.669,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68464,
    "c": 0.10447,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A99B49

secondary

#8E96BF

accent

#6AD058

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#13110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A99B49

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

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