#A99C44#A99C44

#A99C44 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.110 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A99C44
RGB	rgb(169, 156, 68)
HSL	hsl(52, 43%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(52, 60%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 59.8%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.86, -6.48, 46.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.86, 47.24, 97.89°)
OKLab	oklab(68.62% -0.0209 0.108)
OKLCH	oklch(68.62% 0.11 101)
XYZ	xyz(29.2951, 32.6305, 10.2229)
Luminance	0.3263 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A99C44 #4451A9

analogous

#A96A44 #A99C44 #84A944

triadic

#A99C44 #44A99C #9C44A9

tetradic

#A99C44 #44A96A #4451A9 #A94484

square

#A99C44 #44A96A #4451A9 #A94484

split-complementary

#A99C44 #4484A9 #6A44A9

monochromatic

#524B21 #7D7432 #A99C44 #C2B768 #D4CC94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#A99C44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.53

#A99C44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A99C44

7.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A99C44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A99C44	1.00	2.79	7.53	7.53
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9983B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9D48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B59289

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a99c44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 156, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.110 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5b97b',
    500: '#a99c44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a99c44;
$custom-light: #c5b97b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a99c44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.277,
    "s": 42.616,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68623,
    "c": 0.11003,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.32629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A99C44

secondary

#8990BF

accent

#65D255

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#131109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A99C44

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

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