#A99C59#A99C59

#A99C59 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.089 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A99C59
RGB	rgb(169, 156, 89)
HSL	hsl(50, 32%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(50, 47%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 47.3%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.11, -4.65, 36.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.11, 36.93, 97.24°)
OKLab	oklab(68.9% -0.0133 0.088)
OKLCH	oklch(68.9% 0.089 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.0546, 32.9343, 14.2231)
Luminance	0.3293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A99C59 #5966A9

analogous

#A97459 #A99C59 #8EA959

triadic

#A99C59 #59A99C #9C59A9

tetradic

#A99C59 #59A974 #5966A9 #A9598E

square

#A99C59 #59A974 #5966A9 #A9598E

split-complementary

#A99C59 #598EA9 #7459A9

monochromatic

#59522E #827743 #A99C59 #BEB481 #D3CCAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#A99C59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.59

#A99C59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A99C59

7.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A99C59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A99C59	1.00	2.77	7.59	7.59
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89953

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9D5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4938C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a99c59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 156, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.089 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b989',
    500: '#a99c59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a99c59;
$custom-light: #c4b989;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a99c59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.25,
    "s": 31.746,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68899,
    "c": 0.089,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A99C59

secondary

#9DA3C1

accent

#71C860

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13110B

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A99C59

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

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