#A99D4E#A99D4E

#A99D4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.102 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A99D4E
RGB	rgb(169, 157, 78)
HSL	hsl(52, 37%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(52, 54%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 53.8%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.24, -6.21, 42.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.24, 42.84, 98.34°)
OKLab	oklab(68.96% -0.019 0.0997)
OKLCH	oklch(68.96% 0.102 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.7953, 33.1001, 12.0257)
Luminance	0.3310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A99D4E #4E5AA9

analogous

#A96F4E #A99D4E #87A94E

triadic

#A99D4E #4EA99D #9D4EA9

tetradic

#A99D4E #4EA96F #4E5AA9 #A94E87

square

#A99D4E #4EA96F #4E5AA9 #A94E87

split-complementary

#A99D4E #4E87A9 #6F4EA9

monochromatic

#554F27 #7F763B #A99D4E #BFB575 #D3CC9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#A99D4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.62

#A99D4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A99D4E

7.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A99D4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A99D4E	1.00	2.76	7.62	7.62
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9947

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9E52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4948B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a99d4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 157, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.102 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5b982',
    500: '#a99d4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a99d4e;
$custom-light: #c5b982;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a99d4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.088,
    "s": 36.842,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6896,
    "c": 0.1015,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A99D4E

secondary

#9399BF

accent

#6ACD5B

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6EF

border

#D1D0CA

text

#13110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A99D4E

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

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