#A99D47#A99D47

#A99D47 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.108 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A99D47
RGB	rgb(169, 157, 71)
HSL	hsl(53, 41%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(53, 58%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 58%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.17, -6.79, 45.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.17, 46.21, 98.45°)
OKLab	oklab(68.88% -0.0215 0.1061)
OKLCH	oklch(68.88% 0.108 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.5575, 33.0050, 10.7737)
Luminance	0.3300 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A99D47 #4753A9

analogous

#A96C47 #A99D47 #84A947

triadic

#A99D47 #47A99D #9D47A9

tetradic

#A99D47 #47A96C #4753A9 #A94784

square

#A99D47 #47A96C #4753A9 #A94784

split-complementary

#A99D47 #4784A9 #6C47A9

monochromatic

#534D23 #7E7535 #A99D47 #C1B76C #D3CC97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#A99D47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.60

#A99D47 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A99D47

7.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A99D47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A99D47	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)

#AA993E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9E4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5938A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a99d47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 157, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.108 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5b97d',
    500: '#a99d47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a99d47;
$custom-light: #c5b97d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a99d47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.653,
    "s": 40.833,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68875,
    "c": 0.10824,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33004
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A99D47

secondary

#8C93BF

accent

#66D157

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#13110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A99D47

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

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