#A99C46#A99C46

#A99C46 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.108 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A99C46
RGB	rgb(169, 156, 70)
HSL	hsl(52, 41%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(52, 59%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 58.6%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.88, -6.33, 45.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.88, 46.30, 97.86°)
OKLab	oklab(68.65% -0.0203 0.1063)
OKLCH	oklch(68.65% 0.108 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.3572, 32.6553, 10.5499)
Luminance	0.3265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A99C46 #4653A9

analogous

#A96B46 #A99C46 #85A946

triadic

#A99C46 #46A99C #9C46A9

tetradic

#A99C46 #46A96B #4653A9 #A94685

square

#A99C46 #46A96B #4653A9 #A94685

split-complementary

#A99C46 #4685A9 #6B46A9

monochromatic

#524C22 #7E7434 #A99C46 #C2B66B #D3CB96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#A99C46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.53

#A99C46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A99C46

7.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A99C46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A99C46	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)

#A9983D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9D4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B59289

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a99c46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 156, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.108 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5b97c',
    500: '#a99c46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a99c46;
$custom-light: #c5b97c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a99c46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.121,
    "s": 41.423,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68646,
    "c": 0.10822,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A99C46

secondary

#8B92BF

accent

#67D157

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#13110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A99C46

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

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