#A99D40#A99D40

#A99D40 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.114 H 102.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A99D40
RGB	rgb(169, 157, 64)
HSL	hsl(53, 45%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(53, 62%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 62.1%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.10, -7.30, 48.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.10, 49.44, 98.49°)
OKLab	oklab(68.8% -0.0238 0.112)
OKLCH	oklch(68.8% 0.114 102)
XYZ	xyz(29.3457, 32.9203, 9.6580)
Luminance	0.3292 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A99D40 #404CA9

analogous

#A96840 #A99D40 #80A940

triadic

#A99D40 #40A99D #9D40A9

tetradic

#A99D40 #40A968 #404CA9 #A94080

square

#A99D40 #40A968 #404CA9 #A94080

split-complementary

#A99D40 #4080A9 #6840A9

monochromatic

#504B1E #7D742F #A99D40 #C4B962 #D5CD8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#A99D40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.58

#A99D40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A99D40

7.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A99D40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A99D40	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)

#AB9835

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9E45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B59389

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a99d40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 157, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.114 102.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5b979',
    500: '#a99d40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a99d40;
$custom-light: #c5b979;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a99d40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.143,
    "s": 45.064,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68798,
    "c": 0.11448,
    "h": 102
  },
  "luminance": 0.32919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A99D40

secondary

#858CC0

accent

#62D553

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#131109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A99D40

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

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