#A99D3C#A99D3C

#A99D3C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.118 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A99D3C
RGB	rgb(169, 157, 60)
HSL	hsl(53, 48%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(53, 64%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 64.5%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.06, -7.57, 50.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.06, 51.22, 98.50°)
OKLab	oklab(68.76% -0.025 0.1151)
OKLCH	oklch(68.76% 0.118 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.2359, 32.8764, 9.0799)
Luminance	0.3287 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A99D3C #3C48A9

analogous

#A9663C #A99D3C #7FA93C

triadic

#A99D3C #3CA99D #9D3CA9

tetradic

#A99D3C #3CA966 #3C48A9 #A93C7F

square

#A99D3C #3CA966 #3C48A9 #A93C7F

split-complementary

#A99D3C #3C7FA9 #663CA9

monochromatic

#4F491C #7C732C #A99D3C #C5BA5D #D5CD8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#A99D3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.57

#A99D3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A99D3C

7.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A99D3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A99D3C	1.00	2.77	7.57	7.57
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9830

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9E41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B59289

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a99d3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 157, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.118 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5b976',
    500: '#a99d3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a99d3c;
$custom-light: #c5b976;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a99d3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.394,
    "s": 47.598,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68758,
    "c": 0.11778,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A99D3C

secondary

#8188C0

accent

#5FD751

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A99D3C

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

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