#A99C49#A99C49

#A99C49 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.105 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A99C49
RGB	rgb(169, 156, 73)
HSL	hsl(52, 40%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(52, 57%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 56.8%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.91, -6.09, 44.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.91, 44.88, 97.81°)
OKLab	oklab(68.68% -0.0192 0.1036)
OKLCH	oklch(68.68% 0.105 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.4543, 32.6941, 11.0611)
Luminance	0.3269 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A99C49 #4956A9

analogous

#A96C49 #A99C49 #86A949

triadic

#A99C49 #49A99C #9C49A9

tetradic

#A99C49 #49A96C #4956A9 #A94986

square

#A99C49 #49A96C #4956A9 #A94986

split-complementary

#A99C49 #4986A9 #6C49A9

monochromatic

#544D24 #7E7537 #A99C49 #C1B66F #D3CB99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#A99C49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.54

#A99C49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A99C49

7.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A99C49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A99C49	1.00	2.79	7.54	7.54
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99841

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9D4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B59289

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a99c49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 156, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.105 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5b97e',
    500: '#a99c49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a99c49;
$custom-light: #c5b97e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a99c49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.875,
    "s": 39.669,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68681,
    "c": 0.10541,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32693
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A99C49

secondary

#8E95BF

accent

#68D058

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#13110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A99C49

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

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