#A99D49#A99D49

#A99D49 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.106 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A99D49
RGB	rgb(169, 157, 73)
HSL	hsl(53, 40%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(53, 57%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 56.8%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.19, -6.63, 44.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.19, 45.26, 98.42°)
OKLab	oklab(68.9% -0.0208 0.1043)
OKLCH	oklch(68.9% 0.106 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.6228, 33.0311, 11.1173)
Luminance	0.3303 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A99D49 #4955A9

analogous

#A96D49 #A99D49 #85A949

triadic

#A99D49 #49A99D #9D49A9

tetradic

#A99D49 #49A96D #4955A9 #A94985

square

#A99D49 #49A96D #4955A9 #A94985

split-complementary

#A99D49 #4985A9 #6D49A9

monochromatic

#544E24 #7E7537 #A99D49 #C1B66F #D3CC99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#A99D49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.61

#A99D49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A99D49

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A99D49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A99D49	1.00	2.76	7.61	7.61
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9941

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9E4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5938A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a99d49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 157, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.106 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5b97e',
    500: '#a99d49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a99d49;
$custom-light: #c5b97e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a99d49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 39.669,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68898,
    "c": 0.10636,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A99D49

secondary

#8E95BF

accent

#67D058

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#13110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A99D49

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

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