#A99D3E#A99D3E

#A99D3E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.116 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A99D3E
RGB	rgb(169, 157, 62)
HSL	hsl(53, 46%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(53, 63%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 63.3%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.08, -7.44, 49.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.08, 50.34, 98.50°)
OKLab	oklab(68.78% -0.0244 0.1136)
OKLCH	oklch(68.78% 0.116 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.2898, 32.8979, 9.3636)
Luminance	0.3290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A99D3E #3E4AA9

analogous

#A9673E #A99D3E #7FA93E

triadic

#A99D3E #3EA99D #9D3EA9

tetradic

#A99D3E #3EA967 #3E4AA9 #A93E7F

square

#A99D3E #3EA967 #3E4AA9 #A93E7F

split-complementary

#A99D3E #3E7FA9 #673EA9

monochromatic

#4F4A1D #7C732E #A99D3E #C5B960 #D5CD8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#A99D3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.58

#A99D3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A99D3E

7.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A99D3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A99D3E	1.00	2.77	7.58	7.58
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9833

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9E43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B59389

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a99d3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 157, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.116 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5b978',
    500: '#a99d3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a99d3e;
$custom-light: #c5b978;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a99d3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.271,
    "s": 46.32,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68778,
    "c": 0.11615,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A99D3E

secondary

#838AC0

accent

#61D652

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A99D3E

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

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