#A99C72#A99C72

#A99C72 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.060 H 92.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A99C72
RGB	rgb(169, 156, 114)
HSL	hsl(46, 24%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(46, 33%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 32.5%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.51, -1.77, 23.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.51, 23.83, 94.26°)
OKLab	oklab(69.34% -0.003 0.0595)
OKLCH	oklch(69.34% 0.06 92.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.2883, 33.4277, 20.7203)
Luminance	0.3343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A99C72 #727FA9

analogous

#A98072 #A99C72 #9AA972

triadic

#A99C72 #72A99C #9C72A9

tetradic

#A99C72 #72A980 #727FA9 #A9729A

square

#A99C72 #72A980 #727FA9 #A9729A

split-complementary

#A99C72 #729AA9 #8072A9

monochromatic

#645B3D #8A7D54 #A99C72 #C0B798 #D7D1BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#A99C72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.69

#A99C72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A99C72

7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A99C72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A99C72	1.00	2.73	7.69	7.69
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59A6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89E73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B29691

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a99c72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 156, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.060 92.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b99b',
    500: '#a99c72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a99c72;
$custom-light: #c3b99b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a99c72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.818,
    "s": 24.229,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69343,
    "c": 0.0596,
    "h": 92.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A99C72

secondary

#B0B5C7

accent

#7CC167

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F8F6F2

border

#D1D0CC

text

#12110E

muted

#81807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A99C72

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

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