#A99C3D#A99C3D

#A99C3D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.116 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A99C3D
RGB	rgb(169, 156, 61)
HSL	hsl(53, 47%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(53, 64%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 63.9%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.80, -6.97, 49.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.80, 50.41, 97.95°)
OKLab	oklab(68.55% -0.0232 0.1137)
OKLCH	oklch(68.55% 0.116 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.0941, 32.5501, 9.1642)
Luminance	0.3255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A99C3D #3D4AA9

analogous

#A9663D #A99C3D #80A93D

triadic

#A99C3D #3DA99C #9C3DA9

tetradic

#A99C3D #3DA966 #3D4AA9 #A93D80

square

#A99C3D #3DA966 #3D4AA9 #A93D80

split-complementary

#A99C3D #3D80A9 #663DA9

monochromatic

#4F491D #7C722D #A99C3D #C5B95E #D5CC8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#A99C3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.51

#A99C3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A99C3D

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A99C3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A99C3D	1.00	2.80	7.51	7.51
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9732

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9D42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B59188

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a99c3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 156, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.116 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5b877',
    500: '#a99c3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a99c3d;
$custom-light: #c5b877;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a99c3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.778,
    "s": 46.957,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6855,
    "c": 0.11605,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A99C3D

secondary

#8289C0

accent

#61D751

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A99C3D

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

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