#A99C4E#A99C4E

#A99C4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.101 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A99C4E
RGB	rgb(169, 156, 78)
HSL	hsl(51, 37%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(51, 54%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 53.8%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.97, -5.68, 42.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.97, 42.45, 97.69°)
OKLab	oklab(68.74% -0.0175 0.099)
OKLCH	oklch(68.74% 0.101 100)
XYZ	xyz(29.6268, 32.7631, 11.9696)
Luminance	0.3276 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A99C4E #4E5BA9

analogous

#A96E4E #A99C4E #88A94E

triadic

#A99C4E #4EA99C #9C4EA9

tetradic

#A99C4E #4EA96E #4E5BA9 #A94E88

square

#A99C4E #4EA96E #4E5BA9 #A94E88

split-complementary

#A99C4E #4E88A9 #6E4EA9

monochromatic

#554F27 #7F753B #A99C4E #BFB575 #D3CB9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#A99C4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.55

#A99C4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A99C4E

7.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A99C4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A99C4E	1.00	2.78	7.55	7.55
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99847

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9D52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4928A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a99c4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 156, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.101 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5b982',
    500: '#a99c4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a99c4e;
$custom-light: #c5b982;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a99c4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 36.842,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68744,
    "c": 0.10054,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.32762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A99C4E

secondary

#939ABF

accent

#6BCD5B

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6EF

border

#D1D0CA

text

#13110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A99C4E

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

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