#A99D44#A99D44

#A99D44 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.111 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A99D44
RGB	rgb(169, 157, 68)
HSL	hsl(53, 43%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(53, 60%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 59.8%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.13, -7.02, 47.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.13, 47.62, 98.47°)
OKLab	oklab(68.84% -0.0225 0.1087)
OKLCH	oklch(68.84% 0.111 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.4636, 32.9674, 10.2791)
Luminance	0.3297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A99D44 #4450A9

analogous

#A96B44 #A99D44 #83A944

triadic

#A99D44 #44A99D #9D44A9

tetradic

#A99D44 #44A96B #4450A9 #A94483

square

#A99D44 #44A96B #4450A9 #A94483

split-complementary

#A99D44 #4483A9 #6B44A9

monochromatic

#524C21 #7D7432 #A99D44 #C2B868 #D4CC94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#A99D44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.59

#A99D44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A99D44

7.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A99D44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A99D44	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)

#AA993B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9E49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5938A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a99d44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 157, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.111 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5b97b',
    500: '#a99d44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a99d44;
$custom-light: #c5b97b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a99d44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.871,
    "s": 42.616,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68841,
    "c": 0.11097,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A99D44

secondary

#8990BF

accent

#64D255

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#13110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A99D44

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

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