#A99D43#A99D43

#A99D43 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.112 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A99D43
RGB	rgb(169, 157, 67)
HSL	hsl(53, 43%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(53, 60%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 60.4%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.12, -7.09, 47.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.12, 48.08, 98.48°)
OKLab	oklab(68.83% -0.0228 0.1095)
OKLCH	oklch(68.83% 0.112 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.4334, 32.9553, 10.1197)
Luminance	0.3295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A99D43 #434FA9

analogous

#A96A43 #A99D43 #82A943

triadic

#A99D43 #43A99D #9D43A9

tetradic

#A99D43 #43A96A #434FA9 #A94382

square

#A99D43 #43A96A #434FA9 #A94382

split-complementary

#A99D43 #4382A9 #6A43A9

monochromatic

#514C20 #7D7432 #A99D43 #C3B867 #D4CC92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#A99D43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.59

#A99D43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A99D43

7.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A99D43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A99D43	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)

#AA9839

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9E48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B59389

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a99d43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 157, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.112 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5b97b',
    500: '#a99d43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a99d43;
$custom-light: #c5b97b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a99d43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.941,
    "s": 43.22,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6883,
    "c": 0.11187,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A99D43

secondary

#888FBF

accent

#64D355

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#131109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A99D43

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

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