#A99D52#A99D52

#A99D52 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.097 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A99D52
RGB	rgb(169, 157, 82)
HSL	hsl(52, 35%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(52, 51%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 51.5%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.29, -5.86, 40.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.29, 40.87, 98.24°)
OKLab	oklab(69.01% -0.0175 0.0959)
OKLCH	oklch(69.01% 0.097 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.9431, 33.1592, 12.8041)
Luminance	0.3316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A99D52 #525EA9

analogous

#A97252 #A99D52 #8AA952

triadic

#A99D52 #52A99D #9D52A9

tetradic

#A99D52 #52A972 #525EA9 #A9528A

square

#A99D52 #52A972 #525EA9 #A9528A

split-complementary

#A99D52 #528AA9 #7252A9

monochromatic

#57502A #80773E #A99D52 #BEB57A #D2CCA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#A99D52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.63

#A99D52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A99D52

7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A99D52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A99D52	1.00	2.75	7.63	7.63
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9994B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9E55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4948C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a99d52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 157, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.097 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b984',
    500: '#a99d52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a99d52;
$custom-light: #c4b984;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a99d52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.724,
    "s": 34.661,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69014,
    "c": 0.09744,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A99D52

secondary

#979DC0

accent

#6CCB5D

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6EF

border

#D1D0CA

text

#13110B

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A99D52

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

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