#A99B4E#A99B4E

#A99B4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.100 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A99B4E
RGB	rgb(169, 155, 78)
HSL	hsl(51, 37%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(51, 54%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 53.8%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.70, -5.14, 41.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.70, 42.06, 97.02°)
OKLab	oklab(68.53% -0.0159 0.0983)
OKLCH	oklch(68.53% 0.1 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.4597, 32.4289, 11.9139)
Luminance	0.3243 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A99B4E #4E5CA9

analogous

#A96D4E #A99B4E #89A94E

triadic

#A99B4E #4EA99B #9B4EA9

tetradic

#A99B4E #4EA96D #4E5CA9 #A94E89

square

#A99B4E #4EA96D #4E5CA9 #A94E89

split-complementary

#A99B4E #4E89A9 #6D4EA9

monochromatic

#554E27 #7F753B #A99B4E #BFB475 #D3CB9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#A99B4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.49

#A99B4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A99B4E

7.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A99B4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A99B4E	1.00	2.81	7.49	7.49
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89747

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9D51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B59189

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a99b4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 155, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.100 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5b882',
    500: '#a99b4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a99b4e;
$custom-light: #c5b882;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a99b4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.769,
    "s": 36.842,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68528,
    "c": 0.09959,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A99B4E

secondary

#939ABF

accent

#6CCD5B

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6EF

border

#D1D0CA

text

#13110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A99B4E

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

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