#A99D72#A99D72

#A99D72 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.061 H 94.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A99D72
RGB	rgb(169, 157, 114)
HSL	hsl(47, 24%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(47, 33%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 32.5%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.78, -2.31, 24.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.78, 24.24, 95.48°)
OKLab	oklab(69.56% -0.0046 0.0604)
OKLCH	oklch(69.56% 0.061 94.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.4568, 33.7647, 20.7765)
Luminance	0.3376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A99D72 #727EA9

analogous

#A98172 #A99D72 #99A972

triadic

#A99D72 #72A99D #9D72A9

tetradic

#A99D72 #72A981 #727EA9 #A97299

square

#A99D72 #72A981 #727EA9 #A97299

split-complementary

#A99D72 #7299A9 #8172A9

monochromatic

#645B3D #8A7E54 #A99D72 #C0B798 #D7D2BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#A99D72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#A99D72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A99D72

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A99D72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A99D72	1.00	2.71	7.75	7.75
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69B6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99F73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B19792

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a99d72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 157, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.061 94.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b99b',
    500: '#a99d72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a99d72;
$custom-light: #c3b99b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a99d72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.909,
    "s": 24.229,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69556,
    "c": 0.06056,
    "h": 94.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A99D72

secondary

#B0B5C7

accent

#7BC167

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F8F6F2

border

#D1D0CC

text

#12110E

muted

#81807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A99D72

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

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