#A99D46#A99D46

#A99D46 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.109 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A99D46
RGB	rgb(169, 157, 70)
HSL	hsl(53, 41%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(53, 59%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 58.6%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.15, -6.87, 46.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.15, 46.68, 98.46°)
OKLab	oklab(68.86% -0.0218 0.107)
OKLCH	oklch(68.86% 0.109 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.5257, 32.9923, 10.6060)
Luminance	0.3299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A99D46 #4652A9

analogous

#A96C46 #A99D46 #84A946

triadic

#A99D46 #46A99D #9D46A9

tetradic

#A99D46 #46A96C #4652A9 #A94684

square

#A99D46 #46A96C #4652A9 #A94684

split-complementary

#A99D46 #4684A9 #6C46A9

monochromatic

#524D22 #7E7534 #A99D46 #C2B76B #D3CC96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#A99D46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.60

#A99D46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A99D46

7.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A99D46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A99D46	1.00	2.76	7.60	7.60
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA993D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9E4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5938A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a99d46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 157, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.109 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5b97d',
    500: '#a99d46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a99d46;
$custom-light: #c5b97d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a99d46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.727,
    "s": 41.423,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68863,
    "c": 0.10916,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A99D46

secondary

#8B92BF

accent

#65D157

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#13110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A99D46

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

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